Proverbs 27:21
As the crucible tests silver, and the furnace assays gold; so praise received tests a man.
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold but the LORD assays hearts.
1 Samuel 18:7-8
As the women sang and played, they said, "Saul has struck down his thousands but David his ten thousands."
1 Samuel 18:15-16
When Saul saw that David was highly successful, he feared him.
1 Samuel 18:30
The Philistine commanders would go out to fight and whenever they did, David was more successful than any of Saul's other leaders. His name was held in high esteem.
2 Samuel 14:25
Now throughout all of Israel no one was as handsome as Absalom or so highly praised, from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there wasn't a single thing wrong about him.
2 Samuel 15:6-12
By doing all of this to anyone who came to the king for a hearing, Absalom stole the loyalty of the men of Israel.
Psalm 12:6
The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.
Psalm 66:10
For you, God, tested us, to purify us like fine silver.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"
Malachi 3:3
he will sit refining and purifying silver, purifying the descendants of Levi, refining them like gold and silver. Then they'll bring a righteous offering to the LORD.
1 Peter 1:7
so that your genuine faith, which is more valuable than gold that perishes when tested by fire, may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.
1 Peter 4:12
Dear friends, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.