Proverbs 27:21 - The Scriptures 2009

²¹ A refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, So a man is tried by his praise.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; So is a man to his praise.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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].

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.

Common English Bible

²¹ A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold; so are people in the presence of someone who praises them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ 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.

Proverbs 27:21 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:25

And in all Yisra’ĕl there was no one who was praised as much as Aḇshalom for his handsomeness. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

Job 28:1

“Indeed, there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

Psalm 12:6

The Words of יהוה are clean Words, Silver tried in a furnace of earth, Refined seven times.

Psalm 66:10

For You, O Elohim, have proved us; You have refined us as silver is refined.

Proverbs 17:3

A refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, But יהוה tries the hearts.

Zechariah 13:9

“And I shall bring the third into fire, and refine them as silver is refined, and try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My Name, and I shall answer them. I shall say, ‘This is My people,’ while they say, ‘יהוה is my Elohim.’ ”

Malachi 3:3

“And He shall sit as a refiner and a cleanser of silver. And He shall cleanse the sons of Lĕwi, and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall belong to יהוה, bringing near an offering in righteousness.

Luke 6:26

“Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for thus their fathers did to the false prophets.

1 Peter 1:7

in order that the proving of your belief – much more precious than gold that perishes, and proven by fire – might be found to result in praise and respect and esteem at the revelation of יהושע Messiah,

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved ones, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that is coming upon you, to try you, as though some unusual matter has befallen you,

1 Samuel 18:30

And the princes of the Philistines went out to fight. And it came to be, whenever they went out, that Dawiḏ acted more wisely than all the servants of Sha’ul, so that his name came to be very precious.