Psalms 12:6
The words of Yahweh, are words, that are pure, silver refined in a crucible of earth, purified seven times!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, O Yahweh, wilt keep them,—Thou wilt guard him, from this generation unto times age-abiding.
Cross References
Exodus 3:8therefore have I come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to take them up out of that land, into a land good and large, into a land flowing with milk and honey,—into 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, blameless is his way,—the speech of Yahweh, hath been proved, a shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him.
Job 28:1Though there is, for silver, a vein, and a place for the gold they refine;
Psalms 18:30As for GOD, blameless is his way, The speech of Yahweh hath been proved, A shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him.
Psalms 66:10For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:
Psalms 119:140Refined is thy word, 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 →