Proverbs 25:4
"Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer."
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- 2 Timothy 2:20
"But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 17:3
"The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 22:18
"Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver."
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"And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:"
Read in chapter → - Malachi 3:2
"But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:"
Read in chapter → - 1 Peter 1:7
"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:"
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