Proverbs 25:4

World English Bible (2000)

Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 2:20-21 : 20 Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor. 21 If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.
  • Prov 17:3 : 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
  • Isa 1:25-27 : 25 and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin. 26 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, a faithful town.' 27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
  • Ezek 22:18 : 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 "But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like launderer's soap; 3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

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  • Prov 17:3
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    3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

  • Prov 25:5
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    5Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

    2Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.

  • Isa 1:25
    77%

    25and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

  • Prov 27:21
    77%

    21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

  • Mal 3:3
    75%

    3and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

  • Exod 25:38-39
    2 verses
    75%

    38Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.

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

  • Ezek 22:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

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

    19Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, 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 on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.

  • Jer 6:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

    30Men will call them rejected silver, because Yahweh has rejected them."

  • Ezek 24:11
    74%

    11Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its brass may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.

  • Isa 1:22
    73%

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

  • Ezek 22:22
    73%

    22As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so you will be melted in its midst; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on you.

  • Ps 12:6
    73%

    6The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

  • Exod 31:4
    73%

    4to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

  • 2 Kgs 25:14-15
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    14The pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away.

    15The fire pans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

  • Isa 40:19
    72%

    19A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

  • Prov 2:4
    72%

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

  • Jer 10:9
    71%

    9There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.

  • Job 27:17
    71%

    17he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

  • Prov 26:23
    71%

    23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

  • Isa 48:10
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    10Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

  • 1 Chr 29:5
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    5of gold for the [things of] gold, and of silver for the [things of] silver, and for all kinds of work [to be made] by the hands of artificers. Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself this day to Yahweh?"

  • Exod 37:24
    71%

    24He made it of a talent of pure gold, with all its vessels.

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

    23everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that doesn't withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.

  • Exod 25:29
    71%

    29You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold.

  • Prov 8:10
    70%

    10Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold.

  • Job 23:10
    70%

    10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.

  • Ps 66:10
    70%

    10For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

  • Isa 30:22
    70%

    22You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You shall tell it, "Go away!"

  • Job 3:15
    70%

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

  • Exod 35:32
    70%

    32and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass,

  • Job 22:24
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    24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

  • 2 Chr 4:22
    70%

    22and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.

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

    21If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.

  • Exod 25:3
    70%

    3This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, brass,

  • Prov 16:16
    69%

    16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

  • 1 Chr 28:14
    69%

    14of gold by weight for the [vessels of] gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; [of silver] for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;

  • 1 Chr 28:17
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    17and the forks, and the basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl;

  • Ezek 28:4
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    4by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;

  • Exod 25:31
    69%

    31"You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

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

  • Prov 25:3
    69%

    3As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.