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Proverbs 17:3 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 17 · verse 3
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.Proverbs 17:3 · King James Version
Proverbs 17:3 in context
1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
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Key words (Strong's)
- furnacekûwra pot or furnaceH3564 →
- silverkeçephsilverH3701 →
- triethbâchanto testH974 →
- goldzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- potmitsrêpha crucibleH4715 →
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Note, 1. The hearts of the children of men are subject, not only to God's view, but to his judgment: As the fining-pot is for silver, both to prove it and to improve it so the Lord tries the hearts; he searches whether they are standard or no, and those that are he refines and makes purer, Jer 17:10.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary