Proverbs 17:3

The Passion Translation

In the same way that gold and silver are refined by fire, the Lord purifies your heart by the tests and trials of life.

Cross References

Psalm 139:23

God, I invite your searching gaze into my heart. Examine me through and through; find out everything that may be hidden within me. Put me to the test and sift through all my anxious cares.

Psalm 26:2

Yahweh, you can scrutinize me. Refine my heart and probe my every thought. Put me to the test and you’ll find me true.

Psalm 66:10

O Lord, we have passed through your fire; like precious metal made pure, you’ve proved us, perfected us, and made us holy.

Proverbs 15:11

Even hell itself holds no secrets from the Lord God, for before his eyes, all is exposed— and so much more the heart of every human being.

Proverbs 16:2

We are all in love with our own opinions, convinced they’re correct. But the Lord is in the midst of us, testing and probing our every motive.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise, intelligent servant will be honored above a shameful son. He’ll even end up having a portion left to him in his master’s will.

Proverbs 21:2

We may think we’re right all the time, but God thoroughly examines our motives.

Proverbs 27:21

Fire is the way to test the purity of silver and gold, but the character of a man is tested by giving him a measure of fame.

Isaiah 48:10

See, I have purified you in the furnace of adversity, but not like silver—I have refined you in the fire.

Jeremiah 17:10

“I, Yahweh, probe the heart, and I thoroughly test the inner being to give to all people what they deserve according to their ways and based on their deeds.”

Ezekiel 22:18

“Son of man, for me, the people of Israel have become worthless dross. They all have become like the useless byproduct of refined silver, bronze, tin, iron, lead, all mixed up together and left in the smelter; they are dross.

Daniel 11:35

Even some of the wise leaders will stumble, yet this will lead to them being purged, purified, and made clean—until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come.”

1 Peter 1:7

But these only reveal the sterling core of your faith, which is far more valuable than gold that perishes, for even gold is refined by fire. Your authentic faith will result in even more praise, glory, and honor when Jesus the Anointed One is revealed.

Revelation 2:23

And I will strike down her followers with a deadly plague. Then all the congregations will realize that I am the one who thoroughly searches the most secret thought and the innermost being. I will give to each one what their works deserve.