Proverbs 25:4

A Conservative Version

Take away the dross from the silver, and there comes forth a vessel for the refiner.

Cross References

Ezekiel 22:18

Son of man, the house of Israel has 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.

Proverbs 17:3

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

1 Peter 1:7

so that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, and though proven by fire, may be found for praise and esteem and for glory at the revealing of Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 25:3

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Proverbs 26:23

Fervent lips and a wicked heart are an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Psalm 66:10

For thou, O God, have proved us. Thou have tried us as silver is tried.