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


The chemical analyst has different tests for different poisons. If he suspect the presence of arsenic, he will use one thing to detect that; if he is looking for antimony, he will take another to discover that; if he is trying for strychnine, he will employ quite another to bring that to light.

(W. M. Taylor, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

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




God's Fining Pot and Furnace
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