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The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, But Yahweh tests the hearts.
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Trials as a Refining Fire
All commentators agree that this verse compares God's work in a believer's life to the process of refining precious metals. Just as intense heat separates dross from silver and gold, God uses afflictions, sorrows, and temptations to purify a person's heart, removing the impurities of sin and strengthening their faith.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wonderful as is the separation of the pure metal from the dross with which it has mingled, there is something yet more wonderful in the divine disc…
19th Century
Anglican
The fining pot is for silver. — See above on Proverbs 2:4.
The Lord tries the hearts. — …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold Refiners of silver have their fining pots, in which they purify …
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God tries the heart by affliction. In this way, He has often shown the sin remaining in the heart of the believer.
