Proverbs 17:3
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 17
“The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.”Proverbs 17:3
What Does Proverbs 17:3 Mean?
Proverbs 17:3 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 17, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 17:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 139:23“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:”James 1:12“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”Isaiah 48:10“Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”Job 23:10“But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”1 Peter 1:7“That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:”Jeremiah 17:10“I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”Zechariah 13:9“And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: 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.”Genesis 22:1“And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.”Malachi 3:3“And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.”1 Chronicles 28:9“And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.”Psalms 26:2“Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.”Proverbs 25:4“Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.”Romans 8:27“And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”Proverbs 27:21“As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.”1 Chronicles 29:17“I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.”2 Chronicles 32:31“Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.”Psalms 66:10“For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.”Daniel 11:35“And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.”Judges 3:1“Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;”Deuteronomy 8:2“And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.”
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