Proverbs 17:3 - Easy To Read Version

³ Gold and silver are put into fire to make them pure. But the Lord is the One who makes peoples’ hearts pure.

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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

My God, I know that you test people,\par and that you are happy\par when people do good.\par I gladly give you all these things\par with a pure, honest heart.\par I see your people gathered here.\par And I see that they are happy\par about giving these things to you.\par

Job 23:10

But God knows me.\par He is testing me and he will see\par that I am as pure as gold.\par

Job 28:1

“There are mines where people get silver\par and places where people\par melt gold to make it pure.\par

Psalm 139:23

Lord, look at me and know my heart.\par Test me and know my thoughts.\par

Psalm 26:2

Lord, try me and test me.\par Look closely into my heart and mind.\par

Psalm 66:10

God tested us,\par like people test silver with fire.\par

Proverbs 15:11

The Lord knows everything, even what happens in the place of death. So surely the Lord will know what happens in the hearts and minds of people.

Proverbs 16:2

A person thinks everything he does is right. But the Lord judges the real reasons people do things.

Proverbs 17:2

A smart servant will gain control over his master’s foolish son. That wise servant will be treated like a son and get a share of the inheritance.

Proverbs 21:2

A person thinks everything he does is right. But the Lord judges the real reasons people do things.

Proverbs 27:21

People use fire to make gold and silver pure. In the same way, a man is tested by the praise people give him.

Isaiah 48:10

“Look, I will make you pure.\par People use a hot fire to make silver pure.\par But I will make you pure\par by giving you troubles.\par

Jeremiah 17:10

But I am the Lord,\par and I can look into a person’s heart.\par I can test a person’s mind.\par I can decide what each person should have.\par I can give each person the right payment\par for the things he does.\par

Ezekiel 22:18

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [173]} bronze, iron, lead, and tin are worthless compared to silver. \{Workers put silver into fire to make it pure. The silver melts and the workers separate it from the waste.\} The nation of Israel has become like that worthless waste.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise people will stumble \{and make mistakes\}. But the persecution must come. Why? So that they can be made stronger, purer, and without faults until the time of the end. Then, at the right time, that time of the end will come.’”

Zechariah 13:9

Then I will test those survivors. I will give them many troubles. The troubles will be like the fire a man uses to prove silver is pure. I will test them the way a person tests gold. Then they will call to me for help, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘You are my people.’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Deuteronomy 8:16

In the desert, the Lord fed you manna [53] —something your ancestors [54] had never seen. The Lord tested you. Why? Because the Lord made you humble so that things would go well for you in the end.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you must remember the whole trip that the Lord your God has led you through these 40 years in the desert. The Lord was testing you. He wanted to make you humble. He wanted to know the things in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands.

1 Peter 1:7

Why do these troubles happen? To prove that your faith is pure (true). This purity of faith is worth more than gold. Gold can be proved to be pure by fire, but gold will ruin. The purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ appears (comes).

Revelation 2:23

I will also kill her followers. Then all the churches will know that I am the One who knows what people feel and think. And I will repay each of you for the things you have done.