Proverbs 25:4

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Psalm 66:10

For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.

Proverbs 17:3

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

Proverbs 25:3

The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Proverbs 26:23

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

Ezekiel 22:18

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

1 Peter 1:7

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found to praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: