Proverbs 27:21
Just as a crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, people are tested by the praise they receive.
Free Bible 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
20In the same way that the grave and destruction are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:7As they danced the women sang, “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
1 Samuel 18:30Whenever the Philistine commanders attacked, David was more successful in battle than all of Saul's officers, so that his reputation grew rapidly.
2 Samuel 15:6This is how Absalom treated all the Israelites who came to the king for his judgment. So he captured the loyalty of the men of Israel.
Psalms 12:6What the Lord says is trustworthy, as pure as silver refined seven times in a furnace.
Proverbs 17:3A crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, but the Lord tests the attitude of mind.
Malachi 3:3He will sit down like a refiner who purifies silver; he will purify Levi's descendants and refine them like gold and silver so they can present pure offerings to the Lord.
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 →