Proverbs 17:3
King James Version (KJV)
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
World English Bible (WEB)
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
Proverbs 17:3 Cross References
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
