Proverbs 27:21

World English Bible (2000)

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:3 : 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"
  • Mal 3:3 : 3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--
  • 1 Pet 4:12 : 12 Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
  • 1 Sam 18:7-8 : 7 The women sang one to another as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands." 8 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?"
  • 1 Sam 18:15-16 : 15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
  • 1 Sam 18:30 : 30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.
  • 2 Sam 14:25 : 25 Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
  • 2 Sam 15:6-9 : 6 Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 7 It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron. 8 For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, 'If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.'" 9 The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose, and went to Hebron. 10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron!'" 11 Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything. 12 Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
  • Ps 12:6 : 6 The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
  • Ps 66:10 : 10 For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:3
    80%

    3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

  • Prov 25:4
    77%

    4 Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

  • Ps 66:10
    72%

    10 For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 "Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

    2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.

  • Isa 13:12
    72%

    12 I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.

  • Job 23:10
    71%

    10 But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.

  • Prov 27:17
    71%

    17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

  • Ezek 22:22
    71%

    22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so you will be melted in its midst; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on you.

  • Prov 25:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

    12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.

  • Prov 27:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

    20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never satisfied.

  • 1 Pet 1:7
    70%

    7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

  • Mal 3:3
    70%

    3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

  • Jer 6:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29 The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

    30 Men will call them rejected silver, because Yahweh has rejected them."

  • Isa 48:10
    70%

    10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

  • Isa 40:19
    70%

    19 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

  • Ps 12:6
    70%

    6 The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

  • Prov 12:8
    69%

    8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

  • Ps 39:11
    69%

    11 When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.

  • Ezek 22:18
    69%

    18 Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

  • Prov 26:23
    69%

    23 Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

  • Job 5:17
    69%

    17 "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

  • 1 Cor 3:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;

    13 each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.

  • Job 27:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

    17 he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

  • Prov 27:2
    68%

    2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

  • Eccl 7:6
    68%

    6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

  • 2 Tim 2:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20 Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.

    21 If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.

  • Jer 10:9
    68%

    9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.

  • Exod 25:39
    68%

    39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.

  • Prov 21:20
    68%

    20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

  • Prov 29:20
    68%

    20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 22:1
    68%

    1 A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

  • Ezek 24:11
    68%

    11 Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its brass may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.

  • Jer 51:17
    67%

    17 Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • Prov 26:21
    67%

    21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

  • Job 13:9
    67%

    9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?

  • Prov 29:23
    67%

    23 A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

  • Ezek 22:20
    67%

    20 As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.

  • Prov 12:14
    67%

    14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

  • Prov 21:22
    67%

    22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.