Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
In Context
4A evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that He might afflict thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no.
1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that Thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy Thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto Thee.
Job 28:1For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Psalms 66:10For Thou, O God, hast tried us; Thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the hearts.
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:3
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. Note, 1. True merit does not go by dignity. All agree that the son in the family is more worthy than the servant ( John viii. 35 ), and yet sometimes it so happens that the servant is wise, and a blessing and credit to the family, when the son is a fool, and a burden and shame to the family. Eliezer of Damascus, though Abram could not bear to think that he should be his heir, was a stay to the… Read the whole commentary →