Proverbs 17:3
Fining-pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
In Context
4Discord, giveth heed to the aggrieving lip,—Falsehood, giveth ear to the destroying tongue.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:2So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert,—that he might humble thee to put thee to the proof to know what was in thy heart,—whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.
1 Chronicles 29:17But I know, O my God, that, thou, art proving the heart, and, with uprightness, wilt thou be pleased,—I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these things, now, therefore, thy people who are found here, have I seen with joy, offering willingly unto thee.
Job 28:1Though there is, for silver, a vein, and a place for the gold they refine;
Psalms 66:10For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man, may be right in his own eyes, but, he that testeth hearts, is Yahweh.
Isaiah 48:10Lo! I have refined thee, but not as silver,—I have tested thee, in a smelting-pot 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 →