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

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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 and purify silver in the crucible and gold in the furnace, so the Lord trieth the hearts. Men can prove silver and gold, but not hearts; that is the work of the Lord alone.

Proverbs 17:3

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