Proverbs 27:21-22

New Living Translation

²¹Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but a person is tested by being praised.^[a]

²²You cannot separate fools from their foolishness,
even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.

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27:21 Or by flattery.

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