20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him. 22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Proverbs 27:20–22
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Proverbs 15:13–15
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Sirach 2:4–6
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Proverbs 27:2–4
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Ecclesiastes 10:11–13
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Ecclesiastes 5:9–11
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