Proverbs 27:21
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
Darby Translation
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 destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:7And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
1 Samuel 18:30And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David succeeded better than all the servants of Saul; and his name was much esteemed.
2 Samuel 15:6And in this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; and Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Psalms 12:6The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Proverbs 17:3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.
Malachi 3:3And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver; and he will purify the children of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah an oblation 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 →