Proverbs 27:21

King James Version - American Edition

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:25

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Ab´salom 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 vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

Psalm 12:6

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of 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, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

Luke 6:26

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

1 Peter 1:7

that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

1 Samuel 18:30

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