3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:3
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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A crucibleמַצְרֵ֣ףH4715Noun - masculine singularfor silverלַ֭כֶּסֶףH3701Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularand a furnaceוְכ֣וּרH3564Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularfor goldלַזָּהָ֑בH2091Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularbut the LORDיְהוָֽה׃H3068Noun - proper - masculine singularis the testerוּבֹחֵ֖ןH974Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularof heartsלִבּ֣וֹתH3826Noun - masculine plural