Proverbs 17:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tries hearts.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen thy people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to thee.

Job 23:10

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 28:1

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

Psalm 139:23

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

Psalm 26:2

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

Psalm 66:10

For thou, O God, hast tested us; thou hast tried us as silver is tried.

Proverbs 15:11

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord how much more the hearts 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 slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

Proverbs 21:2

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

Proverbs 27:21

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

Isaiah 48:10

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

Jeremiah 17:10

“I the Lord search the mind and try the heart, 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; all of them, silver and bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace, have become dross.

Daniel 11:35

and some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine and to cleanse them and to make them white, until the time of the end, for it is yet for the time appointed.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will put this third into the fire, and 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 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 test you, to do you good in the end.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 2:23

and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.