“The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.”
Proverbs 17:3 (KJV) |
Proverbs 17:3
From Proverbs 17, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
Read in Context
1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
2
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
4
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.