Proverbs 27:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Gold and silver are tested in a red-hot furnace, but we are tested by praise.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:25

No one in all Israel was as handsome and well-built as Absalom.

Job 28:1

Gold and silver are mined, then purified;

Psalm 12:6

Our LORD, you are true to your promises, and your word is like silver heated seven times in a fiery furnace.

Psalm 66:10

Our God, you tested us, just as silver is tested.

Proverbs 17:3

Silver and gold are tested by flames of fire; our thoughts are tested by the LORD.

Zechariah 13:9

Then I will purify them and put them to the test, just as gold and silver are purified and tested. They will pray in my name, and I will answer them. I will say, “You are my people,” and they will reply, “You, LORD, are our God!”

Malachi 3:3

The LORD will purify the descendants of Levi, as though they were gold or silver. Then they will bring the proper offerings to the LORD,

Luke 6:26

You are in for trouble when everyone says good things about you. That is what your own people said about those prophets who told lies.

1 Peter 1:7

Your faith will be like gold that has been tested in a fire. And these trials will prove that your faith is worth much more than gold that can be destroyed. They will show that you will be given praise and honour and glory when Jesus Christ returns.

1 Peter 4:12

Dear friends, don't be surprised or shocked that you are going through testing that is like walking through fire.

1 Samuel 18:30

The Philistine rulers kept coming to fight Israel, but whenever David fought them, he won. He was famous because he won more battles against the Philistines than any of Saul's other officers.