Proverbs 17:3

New Century Version

A hot furnace tests silver and gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

Cross References

Isaiah 48:10

I have made you pure, but not by fire, as silver is made pure. I have purified you by giving you troubles.

Jeremiah 17:10

But I, the Lord, look into a person’s heart and test the mind. So I can decide what each one deserves; I can give each one the right payment for what he does.”

Psalm 26:2

Lord, try me and test me; look closely into my heart and mind.

Proverbs 27:21

A hot furnace tests silver and gold, and people are tested by the praise they receive.

1 Peter 1:7

These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test people’s hearts. You are happy when people do what is right. I was happy to give all these things, and I gave with an honest heart. Your people gathered here are happy to give to you, and I rejoice to see their giving.

Psalm 66:10

God, you have tested us; you have purified us like silver.

Revelation 2:23

I will also kill her followers. Then all the churches will know I am the One who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you for what you have done.

Zechariah 13:9

The third that is left I will test with fire, purifying them like silver, testing them like gold. Then they will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘You are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Psalm 139:23

God, examine me and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Proverbs 15:11

The Lord knows what is happening in the world of the dead, so he surely knows the thoughts of the living.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful child and will even inherit a share of what the master leaves his children.

Ezekiel 22:18

“Human, the people of Israel have become useless like scum to me. They are like the copper, tin, iron, and lead left in the furnace when silver is purified.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise ones will be killed. But the hard times must come so they can be made stronger and purer and without faults until the time of the end comes. Then, at the right time, the end will come.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the Lord your God has led you in the desert for these forty years, taking away your pride and testing you, because he wanted to know what was in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands.

Deuteronomy 8:16

and manna to eat in the desert. Manna was something your ancestors had never seen. He did this to take away your pride and to test you, so things would go well for you in the end.

Job 23:10

But God knows the way that I take, and when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.

Job 28:1

“There are mines where people dig silver and places where gold is made pure.

Proverbs 16:2

You may believe you are doing right, but the Lord will judge your reasons.

Proverbs 21:2

You may believe you are doing right, but the Lord judges your reasons.