15. A continual dripping in a very rainy day and a quarrelsome isha are alike;
16. To restrain her is like restraining the ruach (wind), and like grasping shemen in the right hand.
17. Barzel (iron) sharpeneth barzel (iron); so one ish sharpeneth another.
18. He who is guard over the te'enah (fig tree) shall eat the p'ri (fruit) thereof, so he that is shomer over his adon shall be honored.
19. As mayim reflecteth the face, so one lev ha'adam reflects another.
20. Sheol and Avaddon are never full; so the eynayim of adam are never satisfied.
21. As the crucible is for kesef, and the furnace for zahav; so is an ish tested by the praise he receives.
22. Though thou shouldest grind a fool in the makhtesh (mortar) among grain with the pestle, yet will not his folly be removed from him.