Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Heart » The heart of the wicked
Like a [common] clay vessel covered with the silver dross [making it appear silver when it has no real value]
Are burning lips [murmuring manipulative words] and a wicked heart.
The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
character of the unrenewed Heart » Of little worth
The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
Silver » Symbolical
“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will listen and answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
For You have tested us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
As for this statue, its head was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross (metallic waste) to Me. All of them are (useless) bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
They call them rejected silver [only dross, without value],
Because the Lord has rejected them.
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together and became like the chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them could be found. And the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
The words and promises of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.
For wisdom’s profit is better than the profit of silver,
And her gain is better than fine gold.
“My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,
And my yield is better than choicest silver.
The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
Silver » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the just
The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
Speech/communication » The mouth of the just
The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);
The heart of the wicked is worth little.