Silver and gold are tried by putting them into the furnace and fining-pot; so is a man tried by praising him.
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Proverbs 27:21
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:1-27Proverbs 27:1-27 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:17-22Proverbs 27:17-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryWisdom for self and for others I. THE BENEFIT OF INTELLIGENT SOCIETY. (Proverbs 27:17, Proverbs 27:19.) 1. The collision of mind with mind elicits truth, strikes out flashes of new perception. A man may grow wiser by an…Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:21Proverbs 27:21 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis gives us a touchstone by which we may try ourselves. Silver and gold are tried by putting them into the furnace and fining-pot; so is man tried by praising him. Let him be extolled and preferred, and then he will s…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:21Proverbs 27:21 · The Pulpit CommentaryFining pot, etc. (see on Proverbs 17:3; comp. also Proverbs 25:4). So is a man to his praise. The Hebrew is literally, The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man according, to his praise; i.e. as the p…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:1-27EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:17-22Wisdom for self and for others I. THE BENEFIT OF INTELLIGENT SOCIETY. (Proverbs 27:17, Proverbs 27:19.) 1. The collision of mind with mind elicits truth, strikes out flashes of new perception. A man may grow wiser by an…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 27:21This gives us a touchstone by which we may try ourselves. Silver and gold are tried by putting them into the furnace and fining-pot; so is man tried by praising him. Let him be extolled and preferred, and then he will s…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 27:21Fining pot, etc. (see on Proverbs 17:3; comp. also Proverbs 25:4). So is a man to his praise. The Hebrew is literally, The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man according, to his praise; i.e. as the p…Joseph S. Exell and contributors