TSK · Proverbs 27:21

And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, [that] David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

¶ The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

¶ Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: