New International Reader's Version

Proverbs 27:19-25 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

19. When you look into water, you see a likeness of your face. When you look into your heart, you see what you are really like.

20. Death and the Grave are never satisfied. A man's eyes are never satisfied either.

21. Fire tests silver. Heat tests gold. But a man is tested by the praise he receives.

22. You can grind a foolish person in a mill. You can grind him as you would grind grain with a tool. But you can't remove his foolishness from him.

23. Be sure you know how your flocks are doing. Pay careful attention to your herds.

24. Riches don't last forever. And a crown is not secure for all time to come.

25. The hay is removed, and new growth appears. The grass from the hills is gathered in.