Proverbs 17:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Silver and gold are tested by flames of fire; our thoughts are tested by the LORD.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

But we are happy, because everyone has voluntarily given you these things. You know what is in everyone's heart, and you are pleased when people are honest.

Job 23:10

But he knows what I am doing, and when he tests me, I will be pure as gold.

Job 28:1

Gold and silver are mined, then purified;

Psalm 139:23

Look deep into my heart, God, and find out everything I am thinking.

Psalm 26:2

Test my thoughts and find out what I am like.

Psalm 66:10

Our God, you tested us, just as silver is tested.

Proverbs 15:11

If the LORD can see everything in the world of the dead, he can see in our hearts.

Proverbs 16:2

We may think we know what is right, but the LORD is the judge of our motives.

Proverbs 17:2

A hard-working slave will be placed in charge of a no-good child, and that slave will be given the same inheritance that each child receives.

Proverbs 21:2

We may think we are doing the right thing, but the LORD always knows what is in our hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

Gold and silver are tested in a red-hot furnace, but we are tested by praise.

Isaiah 48:10

I tested you in hard times just as silver is refined in a heated furnace.

Jeremiah 17:10

But I know your deeds and your thoughts, and I will make sure you get what you deserve.

Ezekiel 22:18

Ezekiel, son of man, I consider the people of Israel as worthless as the leftover metal in a furnace after silver has been purified.

Daniel 11:35

Some of those who are wise will suffer, so that God will make them pure and acceptable until the end, which will still come at the time he has decided.

Zechariah 13:9

Then I will purify them and put them to the test, just as gold and silver are purified and tested. They will pray in my name, and I will answer them. I will say, “You are my people,” and they will reply, “You, LORD, are our God!”

Deuteronomy 8:16

He also gave you manna, a kind of food your ancestors had never even heard about. The LORD was testing you to make you trust him, so that later on he could be good to you.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Don't forget how the LORD your God has led you through the desert for the past forty years. He wanted to find out if you were truly willing to obey him and depend on him,

1 Peter 1:7

Your faith will be like gold that has been tested in a fire. And these trials will prove that your faith is worth much more than gold that can be destroyed. They will show that you will be given praise and honour and glory when Jesus Christ returns.

Revelation 2:23

I will even kill her followers. Then all the churches will see that I know everyone's thoughts and feelings. I will treat each of you as you deserve.