Proverbs 17:3

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.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test hearts, and that you love simplicity. Therefore, in the simplicity of my heart, I also have offered all these things joyfully. And I have seen, with immense gladness, your people, who have been found here, offering their donations to you.

Job 23:10

Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.

Job 28:1

Silver has its fissures where it is first found, and gold has a place where it is melted.

Psalm 26:2

Meanwhile, the guilty draw near to me, so as to eat my flesh. Those who trouble me, my enemies, have themselves been weakened and have fallen.

Proverbs 15:11

Hell and perdition are in the sight of the Lord. How much more the hearts of the sons of men!

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are open to his eyes; the Lord is the one who weighs spirits.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and he will divide the inheritance among brothers.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man seems right to himself. But the Lord weighs hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.

Isaiah 48:10

Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty.

Jeremiah 17:10

I am the Lord, who examines the heart and tests the temperament, who gives to each one according to his way and according to the fruit of his own decisions.

Ezekiel 22:18

"Son of man, the house of Israel has become like dross to me. All these are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace; they have become like the dross of silver.

Daniel 11:35

And some of the learned will be ruined, that they may be kindled and chosen and purified, up to the predetermined time, because there will be still another time.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will lead the third part through fire, and I will burn them just as silver is burned, and I will test them just as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will heed them. I will say, "You are my people." And they will say, "The Lord is my God."

Deuteronomy 8:16

and he nourished you in the wilderness with Manna, which your fathers had not known. And after he had afflicted and tested you, in the very end, he took pity on you.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember the entire journey along which the Lord your God led you, for forty years through the desert, to afflict you, and to test you, and to make known the things that were turning in your soul, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the testing of your faith, which is much more precious than gold tested by fire, may be found in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 2:23

And I will put her sons to death, and all the Churches shall know that I am the one who examines temperaments and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. But I say to you,