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Proverbs 27:21-22
New Living Translation
Proverbs 27:21-22
New Living Translation
21 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but a person is tested by being praised.[a]
22 You cannot separate fools from their foolishness,
even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
Footnotes
- 27:21 Or by flattery.
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Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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