Proverbs 25:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for the refiner will appear.

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  • 2 Tim 2:20-21 : 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
  • Prov 17:3 : 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
  • Isa 1:25-27 : 25 And I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and take away all your tin: 26 And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning: afterward you shall be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. 27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
  • Ezek 22:18 : 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to Me like dross: all of them are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who may endure the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

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  • Prov 17:3
    80%

    3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.

  • Prov 25:5
    77%

    5Remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Surely there is a source for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

    2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is melted from the stone.

  • Isa 1:25
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    25And I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and take away all your tin:

  • Prov 27:21
    77%

    21As the refining pot tests silver, and the furnace tests gold, so a man is tested by his praise.

  • Mal 3:3
    75%

    3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.

  • Exod 25:38-39
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    75%

    38Its wick trimmers and their trays shall be of pure gold.

    39It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.

  • Ezek 22:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18Son of man, the house of Israel is to Me like dross: all of them are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

    19Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

    20As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

  • Jer 6:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; the refiner melts in vain, for the wicked are not removed.

    30Rejected silver shall men call them, because the LORD has rejected them.

  • Ezek 24:11
    74%

    11Then set it empty on its coals, that its bronze may be hot and may burn, and that its filthiness may be melted in it, that its scum may be consumed.

  • Isa 1:22
    73%

    22Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water:

  • Ezek 22:22
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    22As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; and you shall know that I the LORD have poured out My fury upon you.

  • Ps 12:6
    73%

    6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

  • Exod 31:4
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    4To devise skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze,

  • 2 Kgs 25:14-15
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    14And they took away the pots, the shovels, the wick trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels used in ministering.

    15And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

  • Isa 40:19
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    19The workman molds a graven image, the goldsmith covers it with gold and casts silver chains.

  • Prov 2:4
    72%

    4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

  • Jer 10:9
    71%

    9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple are their clothing: they are all the work of skilled men.

  • Job 27:17
    71%

    17He may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

  • Prov 26:23
    71%

    23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

  • Isa 48:10
    71%

    10Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

  • 1 Chr 29:5
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    5The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be made by the hands of craftsmen. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day to the LORD?

  • Exod 37:24
    71%

    24Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its utensils.

  • Num 31:22-23
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    22Only the gold, the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

    23Everything that can withstand the fire, you shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless, it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that cannot withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.

  • Exod 25:29
    71%

    29And you shall make its dishes, and spoons, and covers, and bowls for pouring: you shall make them of pure gold.

  • Prov 8:10
    70%

    10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

  • Job 23:10
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    10But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

  • Ps 66:10
    70%

    10For you, O God, have proved us; you have tried us, as silver is tried.

  • Isa 30:22
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    22You shall defile also the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold: you shall cast them away as a menstrual cloth; you shall say to it, Be gone.

  • Job 3:15
    70%

    15Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

  • Exod 35:32
    70%

    32And to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,

  • Job 22:24
    70%

    24Then you shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

  • 2 Chr 4:22
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    22The snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, the inner doors for the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall of the temple were gold.

  • 2 Tim 2:20-21
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    20But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.

    21Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

  • Exod 25:3
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    3And this is the offering you shall take from them; gold, silver, and bronze,

  • Prov 16:16
    69%

    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

  • 1 Chr 28:14
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    14He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all kinds of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:

  • 1 Chr 28:17
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    17Also pure gold for the forks, bowls, and cups: and for the golden basins he gave gold by weight for every basin; and likewise silver by weight for every basin of silver:

  • Ezek 28:4
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    4With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, and gathered gold and silver into your treasures:

  • Exod 25:31
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  • Ezek 5:4
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    4Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it a fire shall come forth into all the house of Israel.

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    3The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.