Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.
LXX
Proverbs 27:21
Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.
Parallel Translations
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.
As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:3Zechariah 13:9Psalms 66:101 Peter 1:7Malachi 3:31 Samuel 18:15–161 Samuel 18:7–81 Samuel 18:302 Samuel 15:6–12Psalms 12:61 Peter 4:122 Samuel 14:25
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