Psalms 12:6
The wordes of the Lord are pure wordes, as the siluer, tried in a fornace of earth, fined seuen folde.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 keepe them, O Lord: thou wilt preserue him from this generation for euer.
Cross References
Exodus 3:8Therefore I am come downe to deliuer them out of the hande of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that lande into a good lande and a large, into a lande that floweth with milke and honie, euen into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites.
2 Samuel 22:31The way of God is vncorrupt: the word of the Lord is tryed in the fire: he is a shield to all that trust in him.
Job 28:1The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.
Psalms 18:30The way of God is vncorrupt: the worde of the Lord is tried in the fire: he is a shield to all that trust in him.
Psalms 66:10For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.
Psalms 119:140Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth 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 →