Proverbs 17:3

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Proverbs 17:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

3 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.

4 A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

5 He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 27:21

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

Psalms 26:2

Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

Psalms 66:10

For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.

Isaiah 48:10

See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

Zechariah 13:9

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

Malachi 3:2

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

Malachi 3:3

And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 2:23

Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.