Proverbs 25:4

WEB

⁴Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner.

KJV

⁴Take away^[+] the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

BSB

⁴Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.

FBV

⁴Remove the waste from the silver, and the silversmith has pure silver to work with.

Extra References

2 Timothy 2:20-21

²⁰Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor and some for dishonor. ²¹If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.

Proverbs 17:3

³The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.

Ezekiel 22:18

¹⁸“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the middle of the furnace. They are the dross of silver.

Isaiah 1:25-27

²⁵I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.²⁶^[+] I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’ ²⁷Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.

Malachi 3:2-3

²“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap; ³and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to the LORD offerings in righteousness.

1 Peter 1:7

⁷that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—