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Proverbs 27:21
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

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Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

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1 Samuel 18:7
And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.

1 Samuel 18:8
And Saul was very angry and this saying was unpleasing to him; and he said, They have given David credit for tens of thousands, and to me for only thousands: what more is there for him but the kingdom?

1 Samuel 18:15
And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.

1 Samuel 18:16
But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.

1 Samuel 18:30
Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.

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1 Samuel 25:33
A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.

Psalms 141:5
Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.

Proverbs 9:9
Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

Proverbs 17:10
A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

Proverbs 25:12
Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

Proverbs 27:22
Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

Proverbs 28:23
He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

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1 Samuel 29:9
And Achish in answer said, It is true that in my eyes you are good, like an angel of God: but still, the rulers of the Philistines have said, He is not to go up with us to the fight.

2 Samuel 14:17
Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!

2 Samuel 14:20
This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.

2 Samuel 19:27
He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

Proverbs 29:5
A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.

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2 Samuel 14:25
Now in all Israel there was no one so greatly to be praised for his beautiful form as Absalom: from his feet to the crown of his head he was completely beautiful.

2 Samuel 15:6
And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 15:7
Now at the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, Let me go to Hebron and give effect to the oath which I made to the Lord:

2 Samuel 15:8
For while I was living in Geshur in Aram, your servant made an oath, saying, If ever the Lord lets me come back to Jerusalem, I will give him worship in Hebron.

2 Samuel 15:9
And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he got up and went to Hebron.

2 Samuel 15:10
But Absalom at the same time sent watchers through all the tribes of Israel to say, At the sound of the horn you are to say, Absalom is king in Hebron.

2 Samuel 15:11
And with Absalom, at his request, went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were completely unconscious of his designs.

2 Samuel 15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, one of David's helpers, from Giloh his town, while he was making the offerings. And the design against David became strong, for more and more people were joined to Absalom.

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Job 5:7
But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.

Proverbs 25:25
As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

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Job 28:1
Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

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Proverbs 19:3
By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

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Proverbs 27:1
Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

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Proverbs 27:19
Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

Proverbs 27:20
The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.

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Proverbs 28:4
Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

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Mark 14:4
But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?

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Job 23:10
For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

Isaiah 1:25
And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;

1 Corinthians 3:13
Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

Revelation 2:23
And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.

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2 Corinthians 6:8
By glory and by shame, by an evil name and a good name; as untrue, and still true;

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Galatians 6:4
But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

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2 Peter 3:12
Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?

Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who made themselves unclean with her, and in her company gave themselves up to evil, will be weeping and crying over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,

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