Proverbs 25:4
Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
BSB
ASV
Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:
KJV
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Take away the dross from the silver,.... By putting it into the furnace, and purging it from it: and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer; not out of the furnace, a vessel formed and shaped, but pure silver shall come out of it for the refiner; of which a vessel may be made, very honourable, beautiful, and fit for use: the application of it is in Pro 25:5.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Proverbs 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
leads to
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are…
Through
Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.
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All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
