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Proverbs 27:21
As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
Proverbs 27:21 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 27:21 in other translations
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
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In context
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20 The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.
21 As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
23 Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
24 For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
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