Proverbs 27:21

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

As silver is proved in a welling place, and gold is proved in a furnace; so a man is proved by the mouth of his praisers.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:25

Soothly no man in all Israel was so fair as Absalom, and full comely; from the step of the foot unto the top, there was no wem in him;

Job 28:1

Silver hath [the] beginning of his veins; and a place is to gold, in which it is welled together.

Psalm 12:6

The speeches of the Lord be chaste speeches; silver assayed by fire, proved from the earth, purged sevenfold.

Psalm 66:10

For thou, God, hast proved us; thou hast examined us by fire, as silver is examined.

Proverbs 17:3

As silver is proved by fire, and gold is proved by a chimney, so the Lord proveth hearts.

Zechariah 13:9

And I shall lead the third part by fire, and I shall burn them, as silver is burnt, and I shall prove them, as gold is proved. He shall call to help my name, and I shall graciously hear him; and I shall say, Thou art my people, and he shall say, Thou art my Lord God.

Malachi 3:3

and he shall sit welling together and cleansing silver, and he shall purge the sons of Levi; and he shall purge them as gold and as silver, and they shall be offering to the Lord sacrifices in rightwiseness.

Luke 6:26

Woe to you, when all men shall bless you; after these things the fathers of them did to [false] prophets.

1 Peter 1:7

that the proving of your faith be much more precious than gold, that is proved by fire; and be found into praising, and glory, and honour, in the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:12

Most dear brethren, do not ye go in pilgrimage in fervour, that is made to you to temptation, as if any new thing befall to you;

1 Samuel 18:30

And the princes of Philistines went out to fight; but from the beginning of their going out, David bare himself more wisely than all the men of Saul; and the name of David was made full solemn.