Proverbs 17:3

New English Translation

The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

Job 23:10

But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

Job 28:1

“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

Psalm 139:23

Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!

Psalm 26:2

Examine me, O Lord, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!

Psalm 66:10

For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.

Proverbs 15:11

Death and Destruction are before the Lord – how much more the hearts of humans!

Proverbs 16:2

All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Proverbs 17:2

A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.

Proverbs 21:2

All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Proverbs 27:21

As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.

Isaiah 48:10

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

Ezekiel 22:18

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the worthless slag of silver.

Daniel 11:35

Even some of the wise will stumble, resulting in their refinement, purification, and cleansing until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.

Zechariah 13:9

Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Deuteronomy 8:16

fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

1 Peter 1:7

Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold – gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away – and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Revelation 2:23

Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.