Proverbs 27:21

Modern King James Version

As the refining 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 not a man handsome like Absalom. 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 the silver, and a place where they refine gold.

Psalm 12:6

The Words of Jehovah are pure Words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Psalm 66:10

For You have proved us, O God; You have tested us, as silver is refined.

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries 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 answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah 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 be offerers of a food offering in righteousness to Jehovah.

Luke 6:26

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

1 Peter 1:7

so that the trial of your faith (being much more precious than that of gold that perishes, but being proven through fire) might be found to praise and honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you, as though a strange thing happened to you,

1 Samuel 18:30

And the rulers of the Philistines came out. And it happened as often as they came out, David acted more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was very precious.