Proverbs 27:21-23

21st Century King James Version

²¹ As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man tried by praise.

²² Though thou shouldest grind a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

²³ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds,