Proverbs 27:21
21 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 27:21
Commentary on Proverbs 27:21
(Read Proverbs 27:21)
Silver and gold are tried by putting them into the furnace and fining-pot; so is a man tried by praising him.