Proverbs 27:21
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.
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- Proverbs 17:3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
- Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
- Psalm 66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.