Proverbs 17:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 26:2 : 2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; test my mind and my heart.
  • Prov 27:21 : 21 As the refining pot tests silver, and the furnace tests gold, so a man is tested by his praise.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen with joy Your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to You.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who may endure the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.
  • Isa 48:10 : 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
  • Ps 66:10 : 10 For you, O God, have proved us; you have tried us, as silver is tried.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:21
    80%

    21As the refining pot tests silver, and the furnace tests gold, so a man is tested by his praise.

  • Prov 25:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

    4Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for the refiner will appear.

  • Jer 17:9-10
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    77%

    9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

    10I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.

  • Mal 3:3
    77%

    3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.

  • Ps 17:3
    76%

    3You have tested my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • Ps 66:10
    76%

    10For you, O God, have proved us; you have tried us, as silver is tried.

  • Ps 12:6
    76%

    6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

  • Ps 26:2
    76%

    2Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; test my mind and my heart.

  • Job 23:10
    74%

    10But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

  • Isa 48:10
    73%

    10Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Surely there is a source for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

    2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is melted from the stone.

  • Ps 7:9
    73%

    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

  • Prov 26:23
    73%

    23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

  • Jer 6:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; the refiner melts in vain, for the wicked are not removed.

    30Rejected silver shall men call them, because the LORD has rejected them.

  • 1 Pet 1:7
    72%

    7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

  • Jer 9:7
    72%

    7Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and test them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

  • Ps 11:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the children of men.

    5The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.

  • Prov 15:11
    72%

    11Hell and destruction are before the LORD; how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men?

  • Ezek 22:22
    72%

    22As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; and you shall know that I the LORD have poured out My fury upon you.

  • Prov 16:1
    72%

    1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

  • Ps 139:23
    71%

    23Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts;

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Ezek 22:18
    71%

    18Son of man, the house of Israel is to Me like dross: all of them are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

  • Prov 10:20
    71%

    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

  • Jas 1:3
    70%

    3Knowing this, that the testing of your faith produces patience.

  • Jer 12:3
    70%

    3But You, O LORD, know me; You have seen me and tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Job 34:3
    70%

    3For the ear tries words as the mouth tastes food.

  • Prov 16:9
    70%

    9A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.

  • Isa 1:25
    70%

    25And I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and take away all your tin:

  • Ps 44:21
    70%

    21Shall not God search this out? for He knows the secrets of the heart.

  • Prov 17:4
    70%

    4A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 15:3
    70%

    3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, watching the evil and the good.

  • Job 27:17
    70%

    17He may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

  • Job 5:17
    69%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:

  • Prov 17:20
    69%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 17:2
    69%

    2A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, and will share the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Ps 33:15
    69%

    15He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works.

  • Deut 8:5
    69%

    5You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

  • Prov 19:21
    69%

    21There are many plans in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

  • Heb 12:6
    69%

    6For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."