Proverbs 27:21
As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Webster Bible
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 never full; 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 slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
1 Samuel 18:30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much esteemed.
2 Samuel 15:6And in this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Psalms 12:6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Proverbs 17:3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Malachi 3:3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to 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 →