20 Sheol and Abaddon(A) are never satisfied,(B)
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.(C)

21 A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,
and a man for the words of his praise.[a](D)

22 Though you grind a fool
in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
you will not separate his foolishness from him.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:21 Or gold, but a man [is tested] by his praise

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