15. For a persistent leak on a rainy daythe match is a quarrelsome wife;
16. Whoever would hide her hides a stormwindand cannot tell north from south.
17. Iron is sharpened by iron;one person sharpens another.
18. Those who tend a fig tree eat its fruit;so those attentive to their master will be honored.
19. As face mirrors face in water,so the heart reflects the person.
20. Sheol and Abaddon can never be satisfied;so the eyes of mortals can never be satisfied.
21. The crucible for silver, the furnace for gold,so you must assay the praise you receive.
22. Though you pound fools with a pestle,their folly never leaves them.
23. Take good care of your flocks,give careful attention to your herds;
24. For wealth does not last forever,nor even a crown from age to age.
25. When the grass comes up and the new growth appears,and the mountain greens are gathered in,