Proverbs 27:21
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
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- Proverbs 17:3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
- Zechariah 13:9 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.’”
- Psalm 66:10 For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.