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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 17) Proverbs 17:3 KJV
"The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts."
Proverbs 17:3 in Context (Verses 1–6 KJV)
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.*
6
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.