Proverbs 27:19-21

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁹ As in water face answers to and reflects face, so the heart of man to man.

²⁰ Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the place of destruction) are never satisfied; so [the lust of] the eyes of man is never satisfied.^(A)

²¹ As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold [bring forth all the impurities of the metal], so let a man be in his trial of praise [ridding himself of all that is base or insincere; for a man is judged by what he praises and of what he boasts].