Proverbs 17:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.”
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“A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A refining pot <FI>is<Fi> for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 17:3 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Deuteronomy 8:16He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
- Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Job 28:1“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
- Psalms 26:2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
- Psalms 66:10For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
- Proverbs 16:2All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
- Proverbs 21:2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
- Proverbs 27:21A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
- Isaiah 48:10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire;I will refine them like silverand test them like gold.They will call on My name,and I will answer them.I will say, ‘They are My people,’and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
- Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
- 1 Peter 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Revelation 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
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