Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, 1 but Yahweh refines hearts. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
4The evildoer pays attention to wicked lips; 1 a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:2You will call to mind all the ways that Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order that he might humble you, that he might test you to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not.
1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that you examine the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things, and now I look with joy as your people who are present here willingly offer gifts to you.
Job 28:1Surely there is a mine for silver, 1 a place where they refine gold. 1
Psalms 66:10For you, God, have tested us; 1 you have tested us as silver is tested. 1
Proverbs 21:2Every person's way is right in his own eyes, 1 but it is Yahweh who weighs the hearts. 1
Isaiah 48:10Look, I refined you, but not as silver; I have purified 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 →