Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 17:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 17:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.
According to the author of the book of Proverbs, just like a pot makes silver clean and a furnace makes gold pure, God tests our hearts to make us better people. He wants to see what is truly inside us and help us grow.
Proverbs 17:3: The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Contradiction with James 1:13
This verse suggests that God does not test humans with evil, while Proverbs 17:3 implies that the Lord tries the hearts, which could be seen as contradictory regarding the nature and purpose of divine testing.
James 1:13: Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: [evil: or, evils]
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