Topic
Fining pot
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Proverbs 17:3Easton
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
- Proverbs 27:21Easton
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
A crucible, melting-pot (Prov. 17:3; 27:21).
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.