Proverbs 27:21
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is [tried] by his praise.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
In Context
20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:7And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
1 Samuel 18:30Then the rulers of the Philistines went forth, and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was very precious.
2 Samuel 15:6And on this manner Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Psalms 12:6The words of LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.
Proverbs 17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but LORD tries the hearts.
Malachi 3:3And 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 LORD offerings in righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:21
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Two things are here said to be insatiable, and they are two things near of kin—death and sin. 1. Death is insatiable. The first death, the second death, both are so. The grave is not clogged with the multitude of dead bodies that are daily thrown into it, but is still an open sepulchre, and cries, Give, give. Hell also has enlarged itself, and still has room for the damned spirits that are committed to that prison. Tophet is deep and… Read the whole commentary →