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A metallurgical image appears again in Proverbs 27:21: The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, and a man is tested by the praise accorded him (v. 21).
Refining instruments expose what is real and what is impure: The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold. The metal cannot hide its nature once the heat reaches it.
A man is tested by the praise accorded him. What heat does to metal, praise does to a man. He is tested by how he handles being honored. Some men, hearing praise, grow proud, lazy, or hungry for more. Others receive praise lightly, give credit elsewhere, and continue working as before. Praise reveals the man's interior the same way fire reveals the metal's. The verse warns the wise man that his hardest test may not be suffering but applause.
Used with permission from TheBibleSays.com.
You can access the original article here:Proverbs 27:21 Meaning
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