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Proverbs 17:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Proverbs 17:3

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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.

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The hearts of people are not only seen by God, they are judged by him too. Just as a fining pot tests silver and also helps purify it, so the Lord tests hearts. He checks whether they are true and right, and when they are, he makes them cleaner and better (Jeremiah 17:10).

God often tests the heart through affliction, that is, through trouble and suffering (Psalm 66:10, Psalm 66:11). He even chooses his people in that furnace and makes them more precious through it (Isaiah 48:10). So hardship is often one of the ways God refines his people.

It is God alone who truly tests hearts. People can test silver and gold with heat and the fining pot, but they cannot really test another person’s heart. Only God can do that, because he alone fully knows the heart and rules over it.

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From This Chapter

Proverbs 17:1

"Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife."

Proverbs 17:2

"A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren."

Proverbs 17:4

"A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue."

Proverbs 17:5

"Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished."

Proverbs 17:6

"Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers."

Proverbs 17:7

"Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince."
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