Proverbs 27:21
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
1 Samuel 18:7-8
The women sang one to another as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands."
1 Samuel 18:15-16
When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
1 Samuel 18:30
Then the leaders of the Philistines went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.
2 Samuel 14:25
Now 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 Samuel 15:6-12
Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Psalm 12:6
The words of the LORD are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
Psalm 66:10
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
Zechariah 13:9
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
Malachi 3:3
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to the LORD offerings in righteousness.
1 Peter 1:7
that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ?
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.