Proverbs 17:3

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The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 26:2 : 2 Examine me, O LORD, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!
  • Prov 27:21 : 21 As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold– gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away– and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say,‘These are my people,’ and they will say,‘The LORD is my God.’”
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. 3 He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the LORD a proper offering.
  • Isa 48:10 : 10 Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.
  • Ps 66:10 : 10 For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.

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    21As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.

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    3As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

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  • Jer 17:9-10
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    9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

    10I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

  • Mal 3:3
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    3He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the LORD a proper offering.

  • Ps 17:3
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    3You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

  • Ps 66:10
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    10For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.

  • Ps 12:6
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    6The LORD’s words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.

  • Ps 26:2
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    2Examine me, O LORD, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!

  • Job 23:10
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    10But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

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    10Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

  • Job 28:1-2
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    1III. Job’s Search for Wisdom(28:1-28)No Known Road to Wisdom“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

    2Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

  • Prov 26:23
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    23Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

  • Jer 6:29-30
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    29The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.

    30They are regarded as‘rejected silver’ because the LORD rejects them.”

  • 1 Pet 1:7
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    7Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold– gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away– and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

  • Jer 9:7
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    7Therefore the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“I will now purify them in the fires of affliction and test them. The wickedness of my dear people has left me no choice. What else can I do?

  • Ps 11:4-5
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    4The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD’s throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; his eyes examine all people.

    5The LORD approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.

  • Prov 15:11
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    11Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!

  • Ezek 22:22
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    22As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my anger on you.’”

  • Prov 16:1
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    1The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.

  • Prov 21:1-2
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    1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

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    23Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!

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    11My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.

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    18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the worthless slag of silver.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.

  • Jas 1:3
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    3because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

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    3But you, LORD, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed!

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    70%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

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

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    9A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.

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    25I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.

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    21would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?

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    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

  • Prov 15:3
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    3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

  • Job 27:17
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    17what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

  • Job 5:17
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    17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Prov 17:2
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    2A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.

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    15He is the one who forms every human heart, and takes note of all their actions.

  • Deut 8:5
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    5Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the LORD your God disciplines you.

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    21There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

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    6“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”