Proverbs 27:21

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but LORD tries the hearts.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part into 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, LORD i

Psalm 66:10

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

1 Peter 1:7

so that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, and though proven by fire, may be found for praise and esteem and for glory at the revealing of Jesus Christ.

Malachi 3:3

And he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver. And they shall offer to LORD offerings in righteousness.

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, ye should not be surprised at the fieriness in you, which occurs for a trial to you, like a strange thing happening to you.

Psalm 12:6

The words of LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.

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.

1 Samuel 18:30

Then the rulers 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 very precious.

Luke 6:26

Woe when men will speak well of you, for their fathers did in the same way to the FALSE prophets.

Job 28:1

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