Proverbs 17:3
As siluer is preued bi fier, and gold is preued bi a chymnei, so the Lord preueth hertis.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
In Context
2A wijs seruaunt schal be lord of fonned sones; and he schal departe eritage among britheren.
4An yuel man obeieth to a wickid tunge; and a fals man obeieth to false lippis.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:2And thou schalt haue mynde of al the weie, bi which thi Lord God ledde thee by fourti yeer, bi deseert, that he schulde turmente, and schulde tempte thee; and that tho thingis that weren tretid in `thi soule schulden be knowun, whether thou woldist kepe hise comaundementis, ethir nay.
1 Chronicles 29:17My God, Y woot, that thou preuest hertis, and louest symplenesse of herte; wherfor and Y, in the symplenesse of myn herte, haue offrid gladli alle these thingis; and Y siy with greet ioye thi puple, which is foundun here, offre yiftis to thee.
Job 28:1Siluer hath bigynnyngis of his veynes; and a place is to gold, in which it is wellid togidere.
Proverbs 21:2Ech weye of a man semeth riytful to hym silf; but the Lord peisith the hertis.
Isaiah 48:10Lo! Y haue sode thee, but not as siluer; Y chees thee in the chymeney of pouert.