Proverbs 27:21
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The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among bruised corn, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Once the hay is cut, and the new growth begins, and fodder from the mountains is gathered,
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, || And a man according to his praise.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,<br>but a person is tested by being praised.<br>
As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.