Proverbs 17:3

Tree of Life Version

A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but Adonai tests the heart.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that You search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness. With integrity of heart I have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy Your people who are present here willingly contribute to You.

Job 23:10

Yet He knows the way that I take; if He tested me, I would come out 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. Examine me, and know my anxious thoughts,

Psalm 26:2

Probe me, Adonai, and test me, refine my mind and my heart.

Psalm 66:10

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

Proverbs 15:11

Sheol and Abaddon are before Adonai— how much more the hearts of people!

Proverbs 16:2

All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but Adonai weighs the motives.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance with the brothers.

Proverbs 21:2

All a man’s ways seem right in his own eyes, but Adonai weighs the heart.

Proverbs 27:21

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

Isaiah 48:10

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

Jeremiah 17:10

I Adonai search the heart, I try the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

Ezekiel 22:18

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me—all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace—they are the dross of silver.”

Daniel 11:35

Even some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end—for it will still come at the appointed time.

Zechariah 13:9

This third I will bring through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined, and will 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 answer, ‘Adonai is my God.’

Deuteronomy 8:16

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

Deuteronomy 8:2

You are to remember all the way that Adonai your God has led you these 40 years in the wilderness—in order to humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His mitzvot or not.

1 Peter 1:7

These trials are so that the true metal of your faith (far more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire) may come to light in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Messiah Yeshua.

Revelation 2:23

I will also strike her children with a deadly disease. Then all of Messiah’s communities will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your deeds.