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Proverbs 27:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

21 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, And 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.

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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].

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

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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.

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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.

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Proverbs 27:21
14 Cross References  

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: But the LORD trieth the hearts.


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: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The LORD is my God.


For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.


that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, might be found unto praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ:


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; and they shall offer unto the LORD offerings in righteousness.


Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:


The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.


Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.


Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.


Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.


Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.


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