Proverbs 17:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.

Job 23:10

For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

Job 28:1

Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

Psalm 139:23

O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

Psalm 26:2

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

Psalm 66:10

For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

Proverbs 15:11

Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!

Proverbs 16:2

All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

Proverbs 17:2

A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

Isaiah 48:10

See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.

Jeremiah 17:10

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

Ezekiel 22:18

Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.

Daniel 11:35

And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

Deuteronomy 8:16

Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

Deuteronomy 8:2

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

1 Peter 1:7

So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire, may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

Revelation 2:23

And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.