Proverbs 25:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shalbe a vessell for the siner.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 2:20-21 : 20 But in a great house are not onely vessels of golde, and of siluer, but also of wood and of earth: some to honour, and some vnto dishonour. 21 If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these, he shalbe a vessell vnto honour, and meete for ye vses of the Lorde, and prepared vnto euery good worke.
  • Prov 17:3 : 3 As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.
  • Isa 1:25-27 : 25 And I shall lay my hande vpon thee, and purely purge away thy drosse, and take away all thy tinne: 26 And set thy iudges agayne as they were sometyme, and thy senatours as they were from the begynnyng: and then thou shalt be called the ryghteous citie, the faythfull citie. 27 Sion shalbe redeemed with equitie, and her conuertes with righteousnesse.
  • Ezek 22:18 : 18 Thou sonne of man, the house of Israel is vnto me as drosse: all they are brasse, tinne, iron, and lead in the middest of the furnace, euen drosse of siluer are they.
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who may abyde the day of his comming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is lyke a purging fire, and lyke fullers sope. 3 And he shall sit downe to trye and fine the siluer, and he shal purge the children of Leui, and purifie them as golde and siluer: and they shal bring vnto the lorde offeringes in righteousnesse.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:3
    80%

    3As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.

  • Prov 25:5
    77%

    5Take away the vngodly from the kyng: and his seate shalbe stablished with righteousnesse.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1There is a place wher siluer is brought out of, and where golde is tryed,

    2Where yron is digged out of the grounde, & stones resolued to metall.

  • Isa 1:25
    77%

    25And I shall lay my hande vpon thee, and purely purge away thy drosse, and take away all thy tinne:

  • Prov 27:21
    77%

    21As is the fining pot for the siluer, and the furnace for golde: so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him.

  • Mal 3:3
    75%

    3And he shall sit downe to trye and fine the siluer, and he shal purge the children of Leui, and purifie them as golde and siluer: and they shal bring vnto the lorde offeringes in righteousnesse.

  • Exod 25:38-39
    2 verses
    75%

    38The snuffers and the vessels of the snuffe, shalbe of pure golde.

    39Of a talent of fine gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

  • Ezek 22:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18Thou sonne of man, the house of Israel is vnto me as drosse: all they are brasse, tinne, iron, and lead in the middest of the furnace, euen drosse of siluer are they.

    19Therfore thus saith the Lorde God, Forasmuch as ye all are turned into drosse, therfore beholde I wyll bryng you together vnto Hierusalem.

    20Lyke as they gather siluer, brasse, iron, tinne, and lead, into the middest of the furnace, and the fire is blowne there vnder to melt them: euen so wyll I gather you in mine anger & in my wrath, and let you remayne there and cause you to melt.

  • Jer 6:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29The bellowes are brent in the fire, the leade is not moulten, the melter melteth in vayne, for the euill is not taken away from them.

    30Therefore do they call them naughtie siluer, because the Lorde hath cast them out.

  • Ezek 24:11
    74%

    11Moreouer, I will set the pot emptie vpo the coales, so that the brasse thereof may be hot and burnt, and the filthynesse of it may be molten in it, and the scum of it shalbe consumed.

  • Isa 1:22
    73%

    22Thy siluer is turned to drosse, and thy wine mixt with water.

  • Ezek 22:22
    73%

    22Lyke as the siluer is molten in the furnace, so shall ye also be molten therin, that ye may knowe howe that I the Lord haue powred my wrath vpon you.

  • Ps 12:6
    73%

    6The wordes of God be wordes pure, as the siluer tryed in a furnace of earth: and purified seuen times.

  • Exod 31:4
    73%

    4To fynde out wittie deuises, and to worke in golde, siluer, and in brasse,

  • 2 Kgs 25:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14And the pots, shouels, instrumentes of musicke, spoones, and all the vessels of brasse that they ministred in, toke they away,

    15And the fire pannes, and basons: and such thinges as were of golde and of siluer, them toke ihe chiefe captayne away:

  • Isa 40:19
    72%

    19Shall the caruer make hym a carued image? and shall the goldesmith couer hym with golde, or cast hym into a fourme of siluer plates?

  • Prov 2:4
    72%

    4If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures:

  • Jer 10:9
    71%

    9Siluer is brought out of Tharsis, and beaten to plates, and gold from Ophir, a worke that is made with the hande of the craftesman, and they are clothed with yelowe silke and scarlet: all these are the worke of cunning men.

  • Job 27:17
    71%

    17He may well prepare it, but the godly shall put it on, and the innocent shall deale out the money.

  • Prov 26:23
    71%

    23Burning lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsharde couered with siluer drosse.

  • Isa 48:10
    71%

    10Beholde I haue purged thee, yet not as siluer, I haue chosen thee in the fire of affliction.

  • 1 Chr 29:5
    71%

    5The golde for thinges of golde, siluer for them of siluer, and for all maner of worke by the handes of artificers: And whosoeuer is wylling, may this day consecrate his hande vnto the Lorde.

  • Exod 37:24
    71%

    24Euen of a talent of pure golde made he it, with all the vessels therof.

  • Num 31:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22As for golde, siluer, brasse, and iron, tinne, and lead,

    23And all that may abide the fire, ye shal make it go through the fire, and it shalbe cleane: Neuerthelesse, it shalbe purified with water of seperation: And all that suffereth not the fire, ye shall make go through the water:

  • Exod 25:29
    71%

    29And thou shalt make his dishes, and spones, coueringes, & bowles to powre out with all: euen of fine golde shalt thou make them.

  • Prov 8:10
    70%

    10Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde:

  • Job 23:10
    70%

    10But as for my way, he knoweth it, and tryeth me, that as the gold I may come foorth.

  • Ps 66:10
    70%

    10For thou O Lord hast proued vs: thou hast tryed vs, like as siluer is tryed.

  • Isa 30:22
    70%

    22Ye shall destroy also the couering of your siluer images, and the decking of your golden idols, euen as filthynesse shalt thou put them away: And thou shalt say vnto it, Get thee hence.

  • Job 3:15
    70%

    15Or as the princes that haue had golde, and their houses full of siluer:

  • Exod 35:32
    70%

    32To finde out curious workes, which are made in golde, siluer, and brasse:

  • Job 22:24
    70%

    24Thou shalt lay vp golde as plentyful as the dust, and the golde of Ophir as the flyntes of the riuers.

  • 2 Chr 4:22
    70%

    22And the dressing knyues, basens, spoones, and censers of pure golde: And the doore of the temple, and the inner doores within the place most holy, and the inner doores of the temple were gilted.

  • 2 Tim 2:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20But in a great house are not onely vessels of golde, and of siluer, but also of wood and of earth: some to honour, and some vnto dishonour.

    21If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these, he shalbe a vessell vnto honour, and meete for ye vses of the Lorde, and prepared vnto euery good worke.

  • Exod 25:3
    70%

    3This is the offering whiche ye shall take of them, golde, and siluer, & brasse,

  • Prov 16:16
    69%

    16To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.

  • 1 Chr 28:14
    69%

    14For golde, and for the waight of golde, for all vessels of sundry ministrations, for all maner of vessels of siluer in waight, and for all vessels whatsoeuer purpose they serued vnto:

  • 1 Chr 28:17
    69%

    17And pure golde for the fleshehookes, cuppes, and drinking pots: and pure golde in wayght for basons, euen for euery bason: and likewyse siluer by waight, for euery bason of siluer.

  • Ezek 28:4
    69%

    4With thy wisdome and thine vnderstanding thou hast gotten thee great welthines, & gathered treasure of siluer & gold.

  • Exod 25:31
    69%

    31And thou shalt make a candelsticke of pure golde, euen of a whole worke shall the candelsticke be made, with his shaft, his braunches, his bolles, his knoppes, and his flowres proceeding therout.

  • Ezek 5:4
    69%

    4Of them yet shalt thou take, and cast them into the middest of the fire, & burne them in the fire: therof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel.

  • Prov 25:3
    69%

    3The heauen is hye, the earth is deepe: and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable.