3A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.


In Context

1 Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

2 A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

3 A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.

4 An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

5 Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

Proverbs 17:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:3The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:3The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:3As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.