Proverbs 27:21

“Praise tests character. a man to his praise--according to his praise, as he bears it. Thus vain men seek it, weak men are inflated by it, wise men disregard it, &c.”

“So is ... - Better, So let a man be to his praise, let him purify it from all the alloy of flattery and baseness with which it is too probably mixed up. return to 'Top of Page'”

“To his praise - Or, according to his praise. So a man is tried by praise. Proverbs 27:23”

“27:21 A person who avoids conceit in response to praise demonstrates purity of character (cp. 17:3).”

“the fining: Pro 17:3; Psa 12:6, Psa 66:10; Zac 13:9; Mal 3:3; Pe1 1:7, Pe1 4:12 so: Sa1 18:7, Sa1 18:8, Sa1 18:15, Sa1 18:16, Sa1 18:30; Sa2 14:25, Sa2 15:6-12 Proverbs 27:22”

“There follow here two proverbs which have in common with each other the figures of the crucible and the mortar: 21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, And a man according to the measure of his praise; i.e., silver and gold one values according to the result of the smelting crucible and the smelting furnace; but a man, according to the measure of public opinion, which presupposes that which is said in Pro 12:8, "according to the measure of his wisdom is a man praised." מהלל is not a ῥῆμα μέσον like our Leumund \[renown\], but it is a graduated idea which denotes fame down to evil Lob \[fame\], which is only Lob \[praise\] per antiphrasin. Ewald otherwise: "according to the…”