Proverbs 25:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.

Cross References

Psalm 66:10

For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

Proverbs 17:3

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

Proverbs 25:3

The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.

Proverbs 26:23

Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.

Ezekiel 22:18

Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.

1 Peter 1:7

So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire, may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ: