Proverbs 27:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:3 : 3 A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts `is' Jehovah.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, `My people it `is',' And it saith, `Jehovah `is' my God!'
  • Mal 3:3 : 3 And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,
  • 1 Pet 4:12 : 12 Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,
  • 1 Sam 18:7-8 : 7 and the women answer -- those playing, and say, `Saul hath smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.' 8 And it is displeasing to Saul exceedingly, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he saith, `They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands, and more to him `is' only the kingdom;'
  • 1 Sam 18:15-16 : 15 and Saul seeth that he is acting very wisely, and is afraid of him, 16 and all Israel and Judah love David when he is going out and coming in before them.
  • 1 Sam 18:30 : 30 And the princes of the Philistines come out, and it cometh to pass from the time of their coming out, David hath acted more wisely than any of the servants of Saul, and his name is very precious.
  • 2 Sam 14:25 : 25 And like Absalom there was no man `so' fair in all Israel, to praise greatly; from the sole of his foot even unto his crown there was no blemish in him;
  • 2 Sam 15:6-9 : 6 and Absalom doth according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment unto the king, and Absalom stealeth the heart of the men of Israel. 7 And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom saith unto the king, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I complete my vow, that I vowed to Jehovah in Hebron, 8 for a vow hath thy servant vowed in my dwelling in Geshur, in Aram, saying, If Jehovah doth certainly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I have served Jehovah.' 9 And the king saith to him, `Go in peace;' and he riseth and goeth to Hebron, 10 and Absalom sendeth spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying, `At your hearing the voice of the trumpet, then ye have said, Absalom hath reigned in Hebron.' 11 And with Absalom have gone two hundred men, out of Jerusalem, invited ones, and they are going in their simplicity, and have not known anything; 12 and Absalom sendeth Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counsellor of David, out of his city, out of Gilo, in his sacrificing sacrifices; and the conspiracy is strong, and the people are going and increasing with Absalom.
  • Ps 12:6 : 6 Sayings of Jehovah `are' pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.
  • Ps 66:10 : 10 For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:3
    80%

    3A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts `is' Jehovah.

  • Prov 25:4
    77%

    4Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

  • Ps 66:10
    72%

    10For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;

    2Iron from the dust is taken, And `from' the firm stone brass.

  • Isa 13:12
    72%

    12I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure gold of Ophir.

  • Job 23:10
    71%

    10For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth.

  • Prov 27:17
    71%

    17Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

  • Ezek 22:22
    71%

    22As the melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, So are ye melted in its midst, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, I have poured out My fury upon you.'

  • Prov 25:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Apples of gold in imagery of silver, `Is' the word spoken at its fit times.

    12A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, `Is' the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

  • Prov 27:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19As `in' water the face `is' to face, So the heart of man to man.

    20Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

  • 1 Pet 1:7
    70%

    7that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

  • Mal 3:3
    70%

    3And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.

  • Jer 6:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.

    30`Silver rejected,' they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!

  • Isa 48:10
    70%

    10Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.

  • Isa 40:19
    70%

    19The graven image poured out hath a artizan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.

  • Ps 12:6
    70%

    6Sayings of Jehovah `are' pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.

  • Prov 12:8
    69%

    8According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.

  • Ps 39:11
    69%

    11With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity `is' every man. Selah.

  • Ezek 22:18
    69%

    18The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them `are' brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,

  • Prov 26:23
    69%

    23Silver of dross spread over potsherd, `Are' burning lips and an evil heart.

  • Job 5:17
    69%

    17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

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

    12and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw --

    13of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare `it', because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove;

  • Job 27:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

    17He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth `it' on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

  • Prov 27:2
    68%

    2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • Eccl 7:6
    68%

    6For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So `is' the laughter of a fool, even this `is' vanity.

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

    20And in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour, and some to dishonour:

    21if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

  • Jer 10:9
    68%

    9Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artizan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple `is' their clothing, Work of the skilful -- all of them.

  • Exod 25:39
    68%

    39of a talent of pure gold he doth make it, with all these vessels.

  • Prov 21:20
    68%

    20A treasure to be desired, and oil, `Is' in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

  • Prov 29:20
    68%

    20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 22:1
    68%

    1A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace.

  • Ezek 24:11
    68%

    11And cause it to stand on its coals empty, So that its brass is hot and burning, Melted hath been in its midst its uncleanness, Consumed is its scum.

  • Jer 51:17
    67%

    17Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image, And there is no breath in them.

  • Prov 26:21
    67%

    21Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

  • Job 13:9
    67%

    9Is `it' good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?

  • Prov 29:23
    67%

    23The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

  • Ezek 22:20
    67%

    20A gathering of silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, Unto the midst of a furnace -- to blow on it fire, to melt it, So do I gather in Mine anger and in My fury, And I have let rest, and have melted you.

  • Prov 12:14
    67%

    14From the fruit of the mouth `is' one satisfied `with' good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

  • Prov 21:22
    67%

    22A city of the mighty hath the wise gone up, And bringeth down the strength of its confidence.