Proverbs 17:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people who are present here offering freely and joyously to you.

Job 23:10

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.

Job 28:1

“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place for gold to be refined.

Psalm 139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.

Psalm 26:2

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and mind.

Psalm 66:10

For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

Proverbs 15:11

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord; how much more human hearts!

Proverbs 16:2

All one’s ways may be pure in one’s own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

Proverbs 17:2

A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

Proverbs 21:2

All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Proverbs 27:21

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, so a person is tested by being praised.

Isaiah 48:10

See, I have refined you but not like silver; I have tested you in the furnace of adversity.

Jeremiah 17:10

I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings.

Ezekiel 22:18

Mortal, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them, silver, bronze, tin, iron, and lead. In the smelter they have become dross.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise shall fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and cleansed, until the time of the end, for there is still an interval until the time appointed.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will put this third into the fire, refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. 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 our God.’ ”

Deuteronomy 8:16

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you and in the end to do you good.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Revelation 2:23

and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.