Proverbs 25:4

Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel;

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.

Isaiah 1:25-27

I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.

2 Timothy 2:20-21

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.

Ezekiel 22:18

"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver.

Malachi 3:2-3

But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the tested genuineness of your faith--more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.
Isaiah 1:25
I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.
Malachi 3:3
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the LORD.
2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.
1 Peter 1:7
so that the tested genuineness of your faith--more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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