| Proverbs 17:3 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | The crucible is for refining silver and the smelter for gold, but the one who purifies hearts by fireis the LORD.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. |
| ASV: | The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts. |
| BBE: | The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts. |
| DBY: | The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts. |
| ERV: | The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. |
| JPS: | The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts. |
| WBS: | The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. |
| WEB: | The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts. |
| YLT: | A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah. |
| Proverbs 17:3 Cross References |
| XREF: | 1 Chronicles 29:17 "Since I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.
Psalm 26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.
Proverbs 15:11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD, How much more the hearts of men!
Proverbs 27:21 The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him.
Jeremiah 17:10 "I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.
Malachi 3:3 "He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD offerings in righteousness. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| MHC: | 17:1 These words recommend family love and peace, as needful for the comfort of human life. 2. The wise servant is more deserving, and more likely to appear one of the family, than a profligate son. 3. God tries the heart by affliction. He thus has often shown the sin remaining in the heart of the believer. |
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