Proverbs 27:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

People use fire to purify gold and silver. In the same way, you are tested by the praise people give you.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:3

Fire is used to make gold and silver pure, but a person’s heart is made pure by the Lord.

Zechariah 13:9

Then I will test those survivors by giving them many troubles. The troubles will be like the fire a person uses to prove silver is pure. I will test them the way a person tests gold. Then they will call to me for help, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘You are my people.’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Psalm 66:10

God, you have tested us, as people test silver with fire.

1 Peter 1:7

These troubles test your faith and prove that it is pure. And such faith is worth more than gold. Gold can be proved to be pure by fire, but gold will ruin. When your faith is proven to be pure, the result will be praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ comes.

Malachi 3:3

He will make the Levites clean. He will make them pure, like silver is made pure with fire! He will make them pure like gold and silver. Then they will bring gifts to the Lord, and they will do things the right way.

1 Peter 4:12

My friends, don’t be surprised at the painful things that you are now suffering, which are testing your faith. Don’t think that something strange is happening to you.

Psalm 12:6

The Lord’s words are true and pure, like silver purified by fire, like silver melted seven times to make it perfectly pure.

2 Samuel 14:25

People really bragged about how good-looking Absalom was. No man in Israel was as handsome as Absalom. Every part of his body was perfect—from his head to his feet.

1 Samuel 18:30

The Philistine commanders continued to go out to fight the Israelites, but David defeated them every time. He became famous as Saul’s best officer.

Luke 6:26

“How bad it is when everyone says nothing but good about you. Just look at the false prophets. Their ancestors always said good things about them.

Job 28:1

“There are mines where people get silver and places where people melt gold to make it pure.