Psalms 12:6
The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.
ASV Byzantine Text
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
7Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation forever.
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 land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
2 Samuel 22:31As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.
Job 28:1Surely there is a mine for 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 unto all them that take refuge in him.
Psalms 66:10For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Psalms 119:140Thy word is very pure; Therefore 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 →