Proverbs 17:3

God's Word

The crucible is for refining silver and the smelter for gold, but the one who purifies hearts ⌞by fire⌟ is the Lord.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you examine hearts and delight in honesty. With an honest heart I have willingly offered all these things. I’ve been overjoyed to see your people here offering so willingly to you.

Job 23:10

⌞I can’t find him⌟ because he knows the road I take. When he tests me, I’ll come out as pure as gold.

Job 28:1

“There is a place where silver is mined and a place where gold is refined.

Psalm 139:23

Examine me, O God, and know my mind. Test me, and know my thoughts.

Psalm 26:2

Examine me, O Lord, and test me. Look closely into my heart and mind.

Psalm 66:10

You have tested us, O God. You have refined us in the same way silver is refined.

Proverbs 15:11

If Sheol and Abaddon lie open in front of the Lord how much more the human heart!

Proverbs 16:2

A person thinks all his ways are pure, but the Lord weighs motives.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise slave will become master over a son who acts shamefully, and he will share the inheritance with the brothers.

Proverbs 21:2

A person thinks everything he does is right, but the Lord weighs hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

The crucible is for refining silver and the smelter for gold, but a person ⌞is tested⌟ by the praise given to him.

Isaiah 48:10

I have refined you, but not like silver. I have tested you in the furnace of suffering.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search minds and test hearts. I will reward each person for what he has done. I will reward him for the results of his actions.

Ezekiel 22:18

“Son of man, the people of Israel have become worthless to me. All of them are like copper, tin, iron, and lead in a smelting furnace. They are like the impurities left from silver.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise people will be defeated in order to refine, purify, and make them white until the end times. But the appointed time is still to come.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring this third ⌞of the people⌟ through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined. I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Deuteronomy 8:16

He was the one who fed you in the desert with manna, which your ancestors had never seen. He did this in order to humble you and test you. But he also did this so that things would go well for you in the end.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember that for 40 years the Lord your God led you on your journey in the desert. He did this in order to humble you and test you. He wanted to know whether or not you would wholeheartedly obey his commands.

1 Peter 1:7

The purpose of these troubles is to test your faith as fire tests how genuine gold is. Your faith is more precious than gold, and by passing the test, it gives praise, glory, and honor to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ appears again.

Revelation 2:23

I will kill her children. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds. I will reward each of you for what you have done.