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.

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 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.

Job 28:1

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

Psalm 12:6

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

Psalm 66:10

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

Proverbs 17:3

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

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: 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.

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

Luke 6:26

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

1 Peter 1:7

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:

1 Peter 4:12

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:

1 Samuel 18:30

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.