Proverbs 17:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and the Lord is the tester of hearts.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: But the LORD trieth the hearts.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ 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)

³ The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.

Common English Bible

³ A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ 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

³ As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

Proverbs 17:3 Tagairtí Cros

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test the heart  and that you are pleased with what is right.  I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present  here giving joyfully and  willingly to you.

Job 23:10

Yet he knows the way I have taken; when he has tested me,  I will emerge as pure gold.

Job 28:1

Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

Proverbs 15:11

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the  Lord    – how much more, human hearts.

Proverbs 16:2

All a person’s ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs motives.  ,

Proverbs 17:2

A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share an inheritance among brothers.

Proverbs 21:2

All a person’s ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

As a crucible refines silver, and a smelter refines gold, so a person should refine his praise.

Isaiah 48:10

Look, I have refined you,  but not as silver; I have tested  you in the furnace of affliction.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, examine the mind, I test the heart  , to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.

Ezekiel 22:18

‘Son of man, the house of Israel has become merely dross to me.  All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace;  they are just dross from silver.

Daniel 11:35

Some of those who have insight will fall so that they may be refined,  purified, and cleansed  until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

Zechariah 13:9

I will put this third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined 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.” ’

Deuteronomy 8:16

He fed you in the wilderness with manna,  which your ancestors had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end he might cause you to prosper.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the proven character of your faith   #– #more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire   #– #may result  in praise, glory, and honour  at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 2:23

I will strike her children dead.   , Then all the churches will know that I am the one who examines minds and hearts,   and I will give to each of you according to your works.