Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

General references

Bible References

The fining

Proverbs 17:3
Fining-pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.
Psalm 12:6
The words of Yahweh, are words, that are pure, silver refined in a crucible of earth, purified seven times!
Psalm 66:10
For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold, - It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!
Malachi 3:3
Therefore will he sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and will purify the sons of Levi, and will smelt them, as gold and as silver; so shall they belong to Yahweh, offering a gift in righteousness.
1 Peter 1:7
In order that the proving of your faith - much more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is proved - may be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ, -
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved! be not held in surprise by the burning among you, which, for putting you to the proof, is befalling you, as though a, surprising, thing were happening unto you;

So

1 Samuel 18:7
And the women that made merry responded to each other in song, and said, - Saul, hath smitten, his thousands, but, David, his, tens of thousands.
2 Samuel 14:25
Now, like unto Absolom, was there no man handsome in all Israel, to be greatly praised, - from the sole of his foot, even unto the crown of his head, there was not, in him, a blemish.
2 Samuel 15:6
And Absolom did, after this manner, to all Israel who came for judgment, unto the king, - so Absolom stole away the heart of the men of Israel.

General references

Proverbs 17:3
Fining-pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.