Proverbs 17:3
“The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.”
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Cross-References
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:”
“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.”
“Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”
“But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”
“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:”