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Proverbs 27

Prov. 27:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As the fining pot
mitsreph (Hebrew #4715)
a crucible
KJV usage: fining pot.
Pronounce: mits-rafe'
Origin: from 6884
for silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
, and the furnace
kuwr (Hebrew #3564)
a pot or furnace (as if excavated)
KJV usage: furnace. Compare 3600.
Pronounce: koor
Origin: from an unused root meaning properly, to dig through
for gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
; so is a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
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peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
his praise
mahalal (Hebrew #4110)
fame
KJV usage: praise.
Pronounce: mah-hal-awl'
Origin: from 1984
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Ministry on This Verse

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the fining.
Prov. 17:3• 3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts. (Prov. 17:3)
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Psa. 12:6• 6The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times. (Psa. 12:6)
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Psa. 66:10• 10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. (Psa. 66:10)
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Zech. 13:9• 9And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God. (Zech. 13:9)
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Mal. 3:3• 3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he will purify the children of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah an oblation in righteousness. (Mal. 3:3)
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1 Peter 1:7• 7that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in the revelation of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 1:7)
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1 Peter 4:12• 12Beloved, take not as strange the fire of persecution which has taken place amongst you for your trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you; (1 Peter 4:12)
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1 Sam. 18:7‑8,15‑16,30• 7And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
 8And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and what is there more for him but the kingdom?
 15And Saul saw that he prospered well, and he stood in awe of him.
 16But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
 30And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David succeeded better than all the servants of Saul; and his name was much esteemed. (1 Sam. 18:7‑8,15‑16,30)
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2 Sam. 14:25• 25But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. (2 Sam. 14:25)
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2 Sam. 15:6‑12• 6And in this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; and Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
 7And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay in Hebron my vow which I have vowed to Jehovah.
 8For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode in Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve Jehovah.
 9And the king said to him, Go in peace. And he rose up and went to Hebron.
 10And Absalom sent emissaries into all the tribes of Israel, saying, When ye hear the sound of the trumpet, ye shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron.
 11And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were invited; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew nothing.
 12And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, from Giloh, while he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy gathered strength; and the people increased continually with Absalom. (2 Sam. 15:6‑12)
• There is no hotter crucible to test a man than when he is put through a fire of praise and adulation. To go on through evil report, cleaving to the Lord, and counting on Him to clear one’s name is comparatively easy, though many faint in such circumstances; but to humbly pursue the even tenor of his way, undisturbed and uplifted up by applause and flattery, marks a man as being truly with God. (“Proverbs Twenty-Seven” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.