THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 27:20 in context
Proverbs 27:17–23
17
Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
18
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
He who looks after his master shall be honored.
19
Like water reflects a face,
so a man’s heart reflects the man.
21
The crucible is for silver,
and the furnace for gold;
but man is refined by his praise.
22
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
23
Know well the state of your flocks,
and pay attention to your herds,
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- Sheol is the place of the dead.
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