Psalms 12:6
(12-7) The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
7(12-8) Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.
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 the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.
Job 28:1For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Psalms 18:30(18-31) As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.
Psalms 66:10For Thou, O God, hast tried us; Thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.
Psalms 119:140Thy word is tried to the uttermost, 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 →