Proverbs 25:4
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Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel:

Proverbs 17:3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

Isaiah 1:25-27 And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin. . . .

Malachi 3:3 And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.

2 Timothy 2:20,21 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth: and some indeed unto honour, but some unto dishonour. . . .

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

Context
More Proverbs of Solomon
3The heaven above and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. 4Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel:5Take away wickedness from the face of the king, and his throne shall be established with justice.…
Cross References
Proverbs 25:3
The heaven above and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Proverbs 26:23
Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthern vessel adorned with silver dross.

Ezekiel 22:18
Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all these are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver.

Malachi 3:2
And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb:

Malachi 3:3
And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.

Lexicon
Remove
הָג֣וֹ (hā·ḡōw)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 1898: To remove

the dross
סִיגִ֣ים (sî·ḡîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5509: A moving back or away, dross

from the silver,
מִכָּ֑סֶף (mik·kā·sep̄)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money

and a vessel
כֶּֽלִי׃ (ke·lî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

for a silversmith
לַצֹּרֵ֣ף (laṣ·ṣō·rêp̄)
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6884: To smelt, refine, test

will come forth.
וַיֵּצֵ֖א (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim


Additional Translations
Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

Beat the drossy silver, and it shall be made entirely pure.

Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the finer:

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;

Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,
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