Proverbs 17:3

Modern English Version

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord is the tester of the heart.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that You test the heart, and with uprightness You are pleased, so in the uprightness of my heart I have offered freely all these things, and now I have seen Your people, those present here, offer freely and joyously to You.

Job 23:10

But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

Job 28:1

“Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place where they refine gold.

Psalm 139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me, and know my thoughts!

Psalm 26:2

Examine me, O  Lord, and prove me; try my mind and my heart.

Psalm 66:10

For You, O God, have tried us; You have refined us, as silver is refined.

Proverbs 15:11

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord; how much more the hearts of the sons of men.

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, and will share the inheritance among the brothers.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but a man is tested by his praise.

Isaiah 48:10

Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give to every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.

Ezekiel 22:18

Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the midst of the furnace. They are the dross of silver.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be purged, purified, and made white, until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring this one-third left into the fire, and will refine them as the refinement of silver, and will test them as the testing of gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, “They are My people”; and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”

Deuteronomy 8:16

who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might prove you, to do good for you in the end.

Deuteronomy 8:2

You must remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

1 Peter 1:7

in order that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tried by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Revelation 2:23

I will put her children to death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the hearts and minds. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.