Proverbs 25:4

New Century Version

Remove the scum from the silver, so the silver can be used by the silversmith.

Cross References

Psalm 66:10

God, you have tested us; you have purified us like silver.

Proverbs 17:3

A hot furnace tests silver and gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

Proverbs 25:3

No one can measure the height of the skies or the depth of the earth. So also no one can understand the mind of a king.

Proverbs 26:23

Kind words from a wicked mind are like a shiny coating on a clay pot.

Ezekiel 22:18

“Human, the people of Israel have become useless like scum to me. They are like the copper, tin, iron, and lead left in the furnace when silver is purified.

1 Peter 1:7

These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you.