What does Proverbs 27:21 mean?

Proverbs 27:21 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Proverbs 27:21 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

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