Proverbs 27:21-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²¹ As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

²² Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

²³ Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks: