Proverbs 25:4 Cross References

Proverbs 25:4

4: Remove the dross from silver, and the sterling will be ready for the silversmith.

2 Timothy 2:20

  1. In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use.
  2. If you keep yourself pure, you will be a utensil God can use for his purpose. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.

Isaiah 1:25

  1. I will turn against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities.
  2. Afterward I will give you good judges and wise counselors like the ones you used to have. Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice and the Faithful City."
  3. Because the LORD is just and righteous, the repentant people of Jerusalem will be redeemed.

Ezekiel 22:18

  1. "Son of man, the people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over--a useless mixture of copper, tin, iron, and lead.

Proverbs 17:3

  1. Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.

1 Peter 1:7

  1. These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold. So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

Malachi 3:2

  1. "But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal or like a strong soap that whitens clothes.
  2. He will sit and judge like a refiner of silver, watching closely as the dross is burned away. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD.
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