Proverbs 17:3
As is the fining pot for siluer, and the fornace for golde, so the Lord trieth the heartes.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all ye way which the Lord thy God led thee this fourtie yeere in the wildernesse, for to humble thee and to proue thee, to knowe what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keepe his commandements or no.
1 Chronicles 29:17I knowe also, my God, that thou tryest the heart, and hast pleasure in righteousnesse: I haue offred willingly in the vprightnesse of mine heart all these things: now also haue I seene thy people which are found here, to offer vnto thee willingly with ioy.
Job 28:1The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.
Psalms 66:10For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.
Proverbs 21:2Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I haue fined thee, but not as siluer: I haue chosen thee in the fornace 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 →