As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.
LXX2012
Proverbs 17:3
As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.
Parallel Translations
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
Cross References
Isaiah 48:10Jeremiah 17:10Psalms 26:2Proverbs 27:211 Chronicles 29:171 Peter 1:7Psalms 66:10Revelation 2:23Malachi 3:2–3Zechariah 13:9
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