Proverbs 27:21
[As] the fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: so is a man [proved] according to his praise.
Leeser Tanakh
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
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:7And the women that played answered one another, and said, Saul hath slain 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 was more successful than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly prized.
2 Samuel 15:6And Abshalom did after this manner to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: and thus did Abshalom steal the heart of the men of Israel.
Psalms 12:6(12:7) The words of the Lord are pure words, as silver refined in the crucible of earth, purified seven times.
Proverbs 17:3The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the Lord probeth the hearts.
Malachi 3:3And he will sit as a melter and purifier of silver; and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering 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 →