Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for kesef, and the furnace for zahav, 1 but Hashem is the testor of hearts. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember kol haderech which Hashem Eloheicha led thee these arba'im shanah in the midbar, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine lev, whether thou wouldest be shomer over His mitzvot, or no.
1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, Elohai, that Thou doth test the levav, and hast pleasure in meisharim (integrities, uprightness, equity). As for me, in the yosher levavi I have made freewill offerings of all these things, and now have I seen with simchah Thy people, which are present here, willingly offer freewill offerings unto Thee.
Job 28:1Surely there is a mine for the kesef, 1 and a makom for zahav where they refine it. 1
Psalms 66:10For Thou, Elohim, hath tested us and hast proved us; 1 Thou hast put us in the crucibleʼs refining and refined us as kesef. 1
Proverbs 21:2Every derech ish is yashar (right) in his own eynayim, 1 but Hashem weigheth the hearts. 1
Isaiah 48:10Hinei, I have refined thee, but not as kesef; 1 I have chosen thee in the furnace of oni (affliction). 1
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 →