Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, 2 but Adonai tests the hearts. 1
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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 evildoer heeds vain striving of iniquity lips. 2 A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:2You shall remember all the way which Adonai your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his mitzvot ·instructions·, or not.
Psalms 66:10For you, God, have tested us. 2 You have refined us, as silver is refined. 1
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, 2 but Adonai weighs the hearts. 1
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined you, 2 but not as silver. 2 I have chosen you in the furnace of 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 →