Proverbs 17:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. ”

Proverbs 17:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wonderful as is the separation of the pure metal from the dross with which it has mingled, there is something yet more wonderful in the divine discipline which purifies the good that lies hid, like...
Proverbs 17:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 17:8 ; Proverbs 17:23 ), the value of adversity as...
Proverbs 17:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. trieth the hearts. Illustrations: Abraham ( Genesis 22:1 ); Israel ( Deuteronomy 8:2 ); Hezekiah ( 2 Chronicles 32:31 ); Martha and Mary ( John 11:5 ; John 1...
Proverbs 17:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. The fining pot is for silver - When silver is mixed, or suspected to be mixed, with base metal, it must be su...
Proverbs 17:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. The fining pot (is) for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts. As men test a...
Proverbs 17:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only...
Proverbs 17:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The fining pot is for silver. — See above on Proverbs 2:4 . The Lord trieth the hearts. — By allowing sorrows and temptations to assail them, in order that they may come out of the trial as pur...
Proverbs 17:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than t...
Proverbs 17:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire...
Proverbs 17:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 repr...
Proverbs 17:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold ,.... Refiners of silver have their fining pots, in which they purify the silver from the dross; and goldsmiths have their crucibles to melt...
Proverbs 17:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. Ver. 3. The fining pot is for silver, &c. ] God also hath his "fire in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusa...
Proverbs 17:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the L ORD trieth the hearts. Note, 1. The hearts of the children of men are subject, not only to God's view, but to h...
Proverbs 17:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The hearts of men cannot be searched and known by any human art, but by God only.
Proverbs 17:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:3 THE TRIER OF HEARTS We have here an analogy implied between men’s hearts and gold and silver. I. Both have an intrinsic worth . Gold and silver have not only...
Proverbs 17:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace (or crucible) for gold. Silver ores in Me...
Proverbs 17:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts. God’s fining pot and furnace The text is a parabolical description of God’s almighty power and wisdom, fo...
Proverbs 17:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water be...
Proverbs 17:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 3. Th e fining-pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, their nature and purity in either case being brought out by the process to which they are submitted; but the Lord trieth the hearts,...
Proverbs 17:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:7 ; Isaiah 48:10 ; Jeremiah 17:10 ; Malachi 3:2 ; Malachi 3:3 ; Proverbs 27:21 ; Psalms 26:2 ; Psalms 66:10 ; Revelation 2:23 ; Zechariah 13:9

Proverbs 17:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 17:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 17:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 17:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 17:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 17:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 17:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 17:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 17:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 17:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 17:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 17:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 17:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 17:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 17:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 17:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 17:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 17:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge