Proverbs 27:21
A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, || And a man according to his praise.
Literal Standard 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
20Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, || And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:7and the women answer—those playing, and say, “Saul has struck among his thousands, || And David among his myriads.”
1 Samuel 18:30And the princes of the Philistines come out, and it comes to pass from the time of their coming out, David has acted more wisely than any of the servants of Saul, and his name is very precious.
2 Samuel 15:6and Absalom does according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment to the king, and Absalom steals the heart of the men of Israel.
Psalms 12:6Sayings of YHWH [are] pure sayings—Silver tried in a furnace of earth, refined sevenfold.
Proverbs 17:3A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, || And the trier of hearts [is] YHWH.
Malachi 3:3And He has sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, || And He has purified the sons of Levi, || And has refined them as gold and as silver, || And they have been bringing a present near to YHWH 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 →