Proverbs 27:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, so a person is tested by being praised.

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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

Now in all Israel there was no one to be praised so much for his beauty as Absalom; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

Job 28:1

“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place for gold to be refined.

Psalm 12:6

The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Psalm 66:10

For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will put this third into the fire, refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Malachi 3:3

he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

Luke 6:26

“Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

1 Samuel 18:30

Then the commanders of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out, David had more success than all the servants of Saul, so that his fame became very great.