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Proverbs 27:21

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 27:21 in other translations

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

Proverbs 27:21 · World English Bible

Proverbs 27:21 in context

  1. 19As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.
  2. 20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
  3. 21The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.
  4. 22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
  5. 23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: