Psalms 12:6
Sayings of Jehovah [are] pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.
Young's Literal Translation
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 Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.
Cross References
Exodus 3:8and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land, unto a land good and broad, 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 22:31God! Perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield He [is] to all those trusting in Him.
Job 28:1Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;
Psalms 18:30God! perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield [is] He to all those trusting in Him.
Psalms 66:10For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.
Psalms 119:140Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved 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 →