Proverbs 17:3 (WEB)
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.25Conference VII
“And again: “Like as silver and gold are tried in the furnace, so the Lord chooseth the hearts;” And again: “The fire tries gold and silver; but man is tried in the furnace of humiliation;” and this also: “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.”” — editor's note: Is. i. 25, 26; Prov. xvii. 3 (LXX.); Ecclus. ii. 5; Heb. xii. 6.
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Basil the Great
“To all that earnestly strive for any good, the affliction they endure for the sake of their hope in God is like a furnace to gold.” — editor's note: cf. Prov. xvii. 3 and xxvii. 21.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Letters Letter 183.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.25.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.25.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.25.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.25.