Proverbs 25:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel:

Proverbs 25:4 Cross References

Psalm 66:10

For thou, O God, hast tested us; thou hast tried us as silver is tried.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tries hearts.

Proverbs 25:3

As the heavens for height, and 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.

Ezekiel 22:18

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them, silver and bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace, have become dross.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.