Proverbs 17:3 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: But the LORD trieth the hearts. Dugang nga mga bersyonAmplified Bible - Classic Edition The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts. [Ps. 26:2; Prov. 27:21; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3.] American Standard Version (1901) The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts. Common English Bible A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. Catholic Public Domain Version Just as silver is tested by fire, and gold is tested in the furnace, so also does the Lord test hearts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts. English Standard Version 2016 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts. |
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
But he knoweth the way that I take: When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Surely there is a vein for the silver, And a place for gold where they fine it.
For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: How much more then the hearts of the children of men?
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But the LORD weigheth the spirits.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: But the LORD pondereth the hearts.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; So is a man to his praise.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.