Proverbs 25:4
Remove the dross from the silver 1 and a metal worker can use the silver in his craft. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 66:10For you, God, have tested us; 1 you have tested us as silver is tested. 1
Isaiah 1:25I will turn my hand against you, 1 refine away your dross as with lye, and take away all your dross. 1
Malachi 3:2But who will be able to endure the day of his coming? Who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire and like laundry soap.
2 Timothy 2:20In a wealthy home, there are not only containers of gold and silver. There are also containers of wood and clay. Some of these are for honorable use, and some for dishonorable.
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 →