Psalms 12:6
The words of the Lord are flawless words,as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
New Heart English Bible
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
7You will keep them, Lord.You will preserve them from this generation forever.
Cross References
Exodus 3:8I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
2 Samuel 22:31As for God, his way is perfect.The word of the Lord is tested.He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Job 28:1"Surely 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 the Lord is tried.He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Psalms 66:10For you, God, have tested us.You have refined us, as silver is refined.
Psalms 119:140Your promises have been thoroughly tested,and your servant loves them.
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 →