Proverbs 27:21 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; So is a man to his praise.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold [bring forth all the impurities of the metal], so let a man be in his trial of praise [ridding himself of all that is base or insincere; for a man is judged by what he praises and of what he boasts].

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.

Common English Bible

²¹ A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold; so are people in the presence of someone who praises them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.

Proverbs 27:21 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 14:25

Now in all Yisra'el there was none to be so much praised as Avshalom 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 mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

Psalm 12:6

The words of the LORD are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

Psalm 66:10

For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'*

Malachi 3:3

and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to the LORD offerings in righteousness.

Luke 6:26

Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

1 Peter 1:7

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Yeshua the Messiah--

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

1 Samuel 18:30

Then the princes of the Pelishtim went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Sha'ul; so that his name was much set by.