Proverbs 25:4

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the finer:

Cross References

Psalm 66:10

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

Proverbs 17:3

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: But the LORD trieth the hearts.

Proverbs 25:3

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

Proverbs 26:23

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

Ezekiel 22:18

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

1 Peter 1:7

that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, might be found unto praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ: