Proverbs 25:4
Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
In Context
3The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.
Cross References
Psalms 66:10For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.
Isaiah 1:25And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;
Malachi 3:2But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.
2 Timothy 2:20Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but others of wood and earth, and some which are honoured and some without honour.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:3-4
Prudential Maxims. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. Here is, 1. An instance given of the honour of God: It is his glory to conceal a matter. He needs not search into any thing, for he perfectly knows every thing by a clear and certain view, and nothing can be hidden from him; and yet his own way is in the sea and his path in the great waters. There is an… Read the whole commentary →