OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 27:21

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The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

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Verse 21. Praiseth. If he be not puffed up, or if all agree in his praises, we may conclude that they are well founded.—The, and so forth is not in Hebrew Comp. Saint Jerome or Chal. and destroys the connection.

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