Proverbs 25:4

Modern English Version

Take away the dross from the silver, and there will come forth a vessel for the silversmith.

Cross References

Psalm 66:10

For You, O God, have tried us; You have refined us, as silver is refined.

Proverbs 17:3

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

Proverbs 25:3

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

Proverbs 26:23

Like the silver of dross covering an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent woman with an evil heart.

Ezekiel 22:18

Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the midst of the furnace. They are the dross of silver.

1 Peter 1:7

in order that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tried by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,