16. Whosoever hides her hides the wind, because the oil in his right hand cries out.
17. Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18. Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof, so he that waits on his master shall be honoured.
19. As in water face corresponds to face, so the heart of man to man.
20. Sheol and hell are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21. As the fining pot tries the silver and the furnace the gold; so the man is tried by the mouth of whoever praises him.
22. Though thou should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
23. Be thou diligent to know the countenance of thy sheep, and put thy heart into thy herds.
24. For riches are not for ever, and does the crown endure to every generation?
25. The tender grass shows itself, and the hay appears, and the herbs of the mountains are reaped.