Proverbs 27:21
As is the fining pot for the siluer, and the furnace for golde: so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him.
Bible (Bishops')
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 destruction are neuer full: euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:3As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.
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 →