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Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:3
3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
3*The fining pot is for siluer, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
- Psal. 26.2. Cha. 27.21. iere. 17.10 mala.3.3.
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Proverbs 17:3
Pure or refined; of excellent quality; also a payment imposed as a penalty, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
A vessel more deep than broad, made of earth, or iron or other metal, used for several domestic purposes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
An enclosed place or oven for intense heat; figuratively, severe trial or affliction.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
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Open the full verse study10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
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Open the full verse study2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
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Open the full verse study21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
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Open the full verse study17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
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Open the full verse study7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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Open the full verse study10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
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Open the full verse study2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
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Open the full verse study23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
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Open the full verse study9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
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