Pro 17:3, Jer 17:10, 32:19, Joh 2:24-25, 21:17, Rom 8:27, Heb 4:13 | ESV | STEP | The crucible is for silver , and the furnace is for gold , and the Lord tests hearts .

m[See ver. 24 above]

n[ch. 13:38]

oSee ch. 2:25

p ver. 16

q 1 Sam. 16:7; 1 Chr. 28:9; Prov. 15:11; 17:3; Jer. 11:20; 17:10; Luke 16:15; 1 Thess. 2:4

rSee ver. 6

t[ver. 34]

u[1 John 5:14]

v 2 Chr. 16:9; Job 34:21; Ps. 33:13-15

w Job 26:6

Proverbs 17:3

3 ^aThe crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
^band the Lord tests hearts.

Jeremiah 17:10

10 ^c“I the Lord search the heart
^dand test the mind, ^{▼▼Hebrew kidneys}
^fto give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Jeremiah 32:19

19 ^ggreat in counsel and ^hmighty in deed, ⁱwhose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, ^jrewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

John 2:24-25

24 But Jesus ^kon his part did not entrust himself to them, because ^lhe knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for ^mhe himself knew what was in man.

John 21:17

17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him ⁿthe third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, ^oyou know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed ^pmy sheep.

Romans 8:27

27 And ^qhe who searches hearts knows what is ^rthe mind of the Spirit, because ^{▼▼Or that} the Spirit ^tintercedes for the saints ^uaccording to the will of God.

Hebrews 4:13

13 And ^vno creature is hidden from his sight, but all are ^wnaked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.