Proverbs 17:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

As is the fining pot for siluer, and the fornace for golde, so the Lord trieth the heartes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 26:2 : 2 Proue me, O Lorde, and trie mee: examine my reines, and mine heart.
  • Prov 27:21 : 21 As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the triall of your faith, being much more precious then golde that perisheth (though it be tried with fire) might bee founde vnto your praise, and honour and glorie at the appearing of Iesus Christ:
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I knowe also, my God, that thou tryest the heart, and hast pleasure in righteousnesse: I haue offred willingly in the vprightnesse of mine heart all these things: now also haue I seene thy people which are found here, to offer vnto thee willingly with ioy.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death: and all the Churches shall know that I am he which searche the reines and heartes: and I will giue vnto euery one of you according vnto your workes.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring that third part thorowe the fire, and will fine them as the siluer is fined, and will trye them as golde is tryed: they shall call on my Name, and I will heare them: I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The Lorde is my God.
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall endure, when he appeareth? For he is like a purging fire, and like fullers sope. 3 And he shall sit downe to trye and fine the siluer: he shall euen fine the sonnes of Leui and purifie them as golde and siluer, that they may bring offerings vnto the Lord in righteousnesse.
  • Isa 48:10 : 10 Behold, I haue fined thee, but not as siluer: I haue chosen thee in the fornace of affliction.
  • Ps 66:10 : 10 For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 27:21
    80%

    21As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

  • Prov 25:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3The heaues in height, & the earth in deepenes, and the Kings heart can no man search out.

    4Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shall proceede a vessell for the finer.

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9The heart is deceitfull and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe it?

    10I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.

  • Mal 3:3
    77%

    3And he shall sit downe to trye and fine the siluer: he shall euen fine the sonnes of Leui and purifie them as golde and siluer, that they may bring offerings vnto the Lord in righteousnesse.

  • Ps 17:3
    76%

    3Thou hast prooued and visited mine heart in the night: thou hast tryed me, and foundest nothing: for I was purposed that my mouth should not offend.

  • Ps 66:10
    76%

    10For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.

  • Ps 12:6
    76%

    6The wordes of the Lorde are pure wordes, as the siluer, tried in a fornace of earth, fined seuen folde.

  • Ps 26:2
    76%

    2Proue me, O Lorde, and trie mee: examine my reines, and mine heart.

  • Job 23:10
    74%

    10But he knoweth my way, & trieth mee, and I shal come forth like the gold.

  • Isa 48:10
    73%

    10Behold, I haue fined thee, but not as siluer: I haue chosen thee in the fornace of affliction.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.

    2Yron is taken out of the dust, and brasse is molten out of the stone.

  • Ps 7:9
    73%

    9Oh let the malice of the wicked come to an ende: but guide thou the iust: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reines.

  • Prov 26:23
    73%

    23As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.

  • Jer 6:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29The bellowes are burnt: the lead is consumed in the fire: the founder melteth in vaine: for the wicked are not taken away.

    30They shall call them reprobate siluer, because the Lord hath reiected them.

  • 1 Pet 1:7
    72%

    7That the triall of your faith, being much more precious then golde that perisheth (though it be tried with fire) might bee founde vnto your praise, and honour and glorie at the appearing of Iesus Christ:

  • Jer 9:7
    72%

    7Therefore thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Behold, I wil melt them, & trie them: for what should I els do for the daughter of my people?

  • Ps 11:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4The Lord is in his holy palace: the Lordes throne is in the heauen: his eyes wil consider: his eye lids will try the children of men.

    5The Lorde will try the righteous: but the wicked and him that loueth iniquitie, doeth his soule hate.

  • Prov 15:11
    72%

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

  • Ezek 22:22
    72%

    22As siluer is melted in the mids of the fornace, so shal ye be melted in the mids thereof, and ye shall knowe, that I the Lord haue powred out my wrath vpon you.

  • Prov 16:1
    72%

    1The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answere of the tongue is of the Lord.

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the riuers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.

    2Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

  • Ps 139:23
    71%

    23Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.

    12For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

  • Ezek 22:18
    71%

    18Sonne of man, the house of Israel is vnto me as drosse: all they are brasse, and tinne, and yron, and leade in the mids of the fornace: they are euen the drosse of siluer.

  • Prov 10:20
    71%

    20The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth.

  • Jas 1:3
    70%

    3Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience,

  • Jer 12:3
    70%

    3But thou, Lord, knowest me: thou hast seene me, and tried mine heart towarde thee: pull them out like sheepe for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Job 34:3
    70%

    3For the eare tryeth the words, as the mouth tasteth meate.

  • Prov 16:9
    70%

    9The heart of man purposeth his way: but the Lord doeth direct his steppes.

  • Isa 1:25
    70%

    25Then I will turne mine hand vpon thee, and burne out thy drosse, till it be pure, and take away all thy tinne.

  • Ps 44:21
    70%

    21Shall not God searche this out? for hee knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  • Prov 17:4
    70%

    4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Prov 15:3
    70%

    3The eyes of the Lorde in euery place beholde the euill and the good.

  • Job 27:17
    70%

    17He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.

  • Job 5:17
    69%

    17Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.

  • Prov 17:20
    69%

    20The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

  • Prov 17:2
    69%

    2A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.

  • Ps 33:15
    69%

    15He facioneth their hearts euery one, and vnderstandeth all their workes.

  • Deut 8:5
    69%

    5Knowe therefore in thine heart, that as a man nourtereth his sonne, so the Lord thy God nourtereth thee.

  • Prov 19:21
    69%

    21Many deuises are in a mans heart: but the counsell of the Lord shall stand.

  • Heb 12:6
    69%

    6For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth: and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth: