Proverbs 27:21 KJV
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs 27:21, King James Version
In context
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.