Proverbs 25:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, And there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth [the material for] a vessel for the silversmith [to work up]. [II Tim. 2:21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

Common English Bible

⁴ Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel will come out for the refiner.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Take away the tarnish from silver, and a most pure vessel will go forth.

Proverbs 25:4 Cross References

Ezekiel 22:18

Mortal, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them, silver, bronze, tin, iron, and lead. In the smelter they have become dross.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Proverbs 25:3

Like the heavens for height, like the earth for depth, so the mind of kings is unsearchable.

Proverbs 26:23

Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.

Psalm 66:10

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