Proverbs 17:3

New King James Version

The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the Lord tests the hearts.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know also, my God, that You test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to offer willingly to You.

Job 23:10

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

Job 28:1

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

Psalm 139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;

Psalm 26:2

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

Psalm 66:10

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

Proverbs 15:11

Hell and Destruction are before the Lord; So 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 spirits.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, And will share an 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 refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, And a man is valued by what others say of him.

Isaiah 48:10

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

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

Ezekiel 22:18

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace; they have become dross from silver.

Daniel 11:35

And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the one–third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one 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 test you, to do you good in the end—

Deuteronomy 8:2

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

1 Peter 1:7

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

Revelation 2:23

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