Proverbs 17:3

Young's Literal Translation 1862

A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts `is' Jehovah.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

`And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

Job 23:10

For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth.

Job 28:1

Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;

Psalm 139:23

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

Psalm 26:2

Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified `are' my reins and my heart.

Psalm 66:10

For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.

Proverbs 15:11

Sheol and destruction `are' before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man `is' right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

Isaiah 48:10

Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.

Jeremiah 17:10

I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

Ezekiel 22:18

The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them `are' brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,

Daniel 11:35

And some of the teachers do stumble for refining by them, and for purifying, and for making white -- till the end of the time, for `it is' yet for a time appointed.

Zechariah 13:9

And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, `My people it `is',' And it saith, `Jehovah `is' my God!'

Deuteronomy 8:16

who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),

Deuteronomy 8:2

and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which `is' in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.

1 Peter 1:7

that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Revelation 2:23

and her children I will kill in death, and know shall all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will give to you -- to each -- according to your works.