Proverbs 17:3

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 48:10

Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver: I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.

Jeremiah 17:10

I am the Lord who search the heart and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way and according to the fruit of his devices.

Psalm 26:2

Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.

Proverbs 27:21

As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

1 Peter 1:7

That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that thou provest hearts, and lovest simplicity. Wherefore I also in the simplicity of my heart have joyfully offered all these things: and I have seen with great joy thy people, which are here present, offer thee their offerings.

Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts, and I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say,

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.

Proverbs 15:11

Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

Ezekiel 22:18

Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me. All these are brass and tin and iron and lead in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee: and that the things that were in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no.

Deuteronomy 8:16

And fed thee in the wilderness with manna which thy fathers knew not. And after he had afflicted and proved thee, at the last he had mercy on thee.

Job 23:10

But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire.

Job 28:1

Silver hath beginnings of its veins: and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.