Proverbs 27:21
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As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

the fining

Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.

Psalm 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Psalm 66:10 For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried...

Malachi 3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver...

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire...

1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you:

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1 Samuel 18:7, 8, 15, 16, 30 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands...

2 Samuel 14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty...

2 Samuel 15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and a man for the words of his praise.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

International Standard Version (©2012)
As the crucible tests silver, and the furnace assays gold; so praise received tests a man.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man judged by his praise.

American King James Version
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

American Standard Version
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Darby Bible Translation
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

English Revised Version
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.

Webster's Bible Translation
As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

World English Bible
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

Young's Literal Translation
A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

Luke 6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.


Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and a man for the words of his praise. —HCSB

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each [is tested] by the praise accorded him. —NASB

[As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise. —KJV


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Accorded Crucible Fining Fining-Pot Furnace Gold Heating-Pot Judged Measured Mouth Oven-Fire Pot Praise Praised Praiseth Receives Refined Refining Silver Tested Tried

Accorded Crucible Fining Fining-Pot Furnace Gold Heating-Pot Judged Measured Mouth Oven-Fire Pot Praise Praised Praiseth Receives Refined Refining Silver Tested Tried
Proverbs Chapter 27 Verse 21

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