New Century Version

Proverbs 27:19-27 New Century Version (NCV)

19. As water reflects your face,so your mind shows what kind of person you are.

20. People will never stop dying and being destroyed,and they will never stop wanting more than they have.

21. A hot furnace tests silver and gold,and people are tested by the praise they receive.

22. Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl,you couldn’t remove the foolishness.

23. Be sure you know how your sheep are doing,and pay attention to the condition of your cattle.

24. Riches will not go on forever,nor do governments go on forever.

25. Bring in the hay, and let the new grass appear.Gather the grass from the hills.

26. Make clothes from the lambs’ wool,and sell some goats to buy a field.

27. There will be plenty of goat’s milkto feed you and your familyand to make your servant girls healthy.