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.
Proverbs 17:3 - New Revised Standard Version The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but the Lord tests the heart. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: But the LORD trieth the hearts. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts. [Ps. 26:2; Prov. 27:21; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3.] American Standard Version (1901) The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts. Common English Bible A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. Catholic Public Domain Version Just as silver is tested by fire, and gold is tested in the furnace, so also does the Lord test hearts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts. |
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.
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.
“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold to be refined.
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord, how much more human hearts!
All one's ways may be pure in one's own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.
A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, so a person is tested by being praised.
See, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have tested you in the furnace of adversity.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
and 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.
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.
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.
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.