Proverbs 17:3
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As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

Proverbs 27:21 As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

Psalm 26:2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

Psalm 66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.

Isaiah 48:10 Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.

Jeremiah 17:10 I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.

Malachi 3:2,3 And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb: . . .

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say

Context
Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness
2A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren. 3As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.4The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17
I know my God that thou provest hearts, and lovest simplicity, wherefore I also in the simplicity of my heart, have joyfully offered all these things: and I have seen with great joy thy people, which are here present, offer thee their offerings.

Psalm 26:2
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

Psalm 139:23
Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.

Proverbs 15:11
Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?

Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 27:21
As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

Jeremiah 17:10
I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

Ezekiel 22:18
Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all these are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver.

Daniel 11:35
And some of the learned shall fall, that they may be tried, and may be chosen, and made white, even to the appointed time: because yet there shall be another time.

Malachi 3:3
And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.

Lexicon
A crucible
מַצְרֵ֣ף (maṣ·rêp̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4715: A crucible

for silver
לַ֭כֶּסֶף (lak·ke·sep̄)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money

and a furnace
וְכ֣וּר (wə·ḵūr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3564: Smelting pot or furnace

for gold,
לַזָּהָ֑ב (laz·zā·hāḇ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

but the LORD
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is the tester
וּבֹחֵ֖ן (ū·ḇō·ḥên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 974: To test, to investigate

of hearts.
לִבּ֣וֹת (lib·bō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3826: The heart


Additional Translations
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.

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

As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.

The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.

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

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

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

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