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Selected Verse: Proverbs 17:3 - Strong Concordance

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Pr 17:3 Strong Concordance The fining pot [04715] is for silver [03701], and the furnace [03564] for gold [02091]: but the LORD [03068] trieth [0974] the hearts [03826].
  King James The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
God only knows, as He tries (Psa 12:6; Psa 66:10) the heart.
 
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10 For thou, O God [0430], hast proved [0974] us: thou hast tried [06884] us, as silver [03701] is tried [06884].
6 The words [0565] of the LORD [03068] are pure [02889] words [0565]: as silver [03701] tried [06884] in a furnace [05948] of earth [0776], purified [02212] seven times [07659].
7 That [2443] the trial [1383] of your [5216] faith [4102], being much [4183] more precious [5093] than of gold [5553] that perisheth [622], though [1223] [1161] it be tried [1381] with fire [4442], might be found [2147] unto [1519] praise [1868] and [2532] honour [5092] and [2532] glory [1391] at [1722] the appearing [602] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547]:
2 But who may abide [03557] the day [03117] of his coming [0935]? and who shall stand [05975] when he appeareth [07200]? for he is like a refiner's [06884] fire [0784], and like fullers [03526] ' soap [01287]: