Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the Lord probeth the hearts.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
In Context
4An evil-doer listeneth to unjust lips: falsehood giveth ear to a tongue that bringeth destruction.
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, in order to afflict thee, to prove thee, to know what is in thy heart, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments, or not.
1 Chronicles 29:17And I know, my God, that thou probest the heart, and uprightness thou receivest in favor. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart have I voluntarily offered all these things; and now thy people, that are present here, do I see with joy offering voluntarily unto thee.
Job 28:1For truly there is a source for the silver, and a place for the gold which men refine.
Psalms 66:10For thou hast proved us, O God: thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is straight in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, though not into silver: I have approved thee in the crucible 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 →