“Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum, sic probatur homo ore laudantis. Cor iniqui inquirit mala, cor autem rectum inquirit scientiam.”
“As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.”
“A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.”
“The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.”
“The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.”
Praiseth. If he be not puffed up, or if all agree in his praises, we may conclude that they are well founded. — The, &c., is not in Hebrew, Comp.[Complutensian?], St. Jerome, or Chaldean, and destroys the connection.
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.