Proverbs 27:21

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.

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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

20Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.

22Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:7And the women sang, as they played, saying, “Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand.”

1 Samuel 18:30And the leaders of the Philistines departed. And from the beginning of their departure, David conducted himself more prudently than all the servants of Saul, and his name became exceedingly celebrated.

2 Samuel 15:6And he was doing this to all those of Israel arriving for judgment to be heard by the king. And he solicited the hearts of the men of Israel.

Psalms 12:6But I have hoped in your mercy. My heart will exult in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, who assigns good things to me. And I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord Most High.

Proverbs 17:3Just as silver is tested by fire, and gold is tested in the furnace, so also does the Lord test hearts.

Malachi 3:3And he will sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he will purge the sons of Levi, and he will gather them like gold and like silver, and they will offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.

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 →

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