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Psalms 12:6

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

In Context

5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set [him] in safety, at whom they puff.

7Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and spacious land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

2 Samuel 22:31As for God, his way is perfect; The word of Jehovah is tried: He is a shield to all that trust in him.

Job 28:1Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;

Psalms 18:30As for God, his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that trust in him.

Psalms 66:10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Psalms 119:140Thy word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 12:2-8

Complaints of the Times. 1 Help, Lord ; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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