Proverbs 27:21
“As the fining pot for siluer, and the furnace for gold: so is a man to his praise.”
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Proverbs 27:21 Context
19As in water face answereth to face: so the heart of man to man. 20Hell and destruction are neuer full: so the eyes of man are neuer satisfied. 21As the fining pot for siluer, and the furnace for gold: so is a man to his praise. 22Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnesse depart from him. 23Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy flocks, and looke well to thy herds.
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[As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
- King James Version
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each {is tested} by the praise accorded him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)