Proverbs 25:4

Remove the dross from silver, and it will become a vessel for the smith.

Proverbs 17:3

A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace [is] for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.

Isaiah 1:25-27

And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.

2 Timothy 2:20-21

Now in a great house [there] are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthenware [ones], some of which [are] for honorable use, and some of which [are] for ordinary use.

Ezekiel 22:18

"Son of man, the house of Israel has become as silver dross to me; all of them [are as] bronze and tin and iron and lead in the midst of a furnace, [even] [as] silver dross, silver [dross] they became!

Malachi 3:2-3

And who [can] endure the day of his coming? And who [is] the one who can stand {when he appears}? For he [is] like a refiner's fire, like launderers' alkali.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but 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
A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace [is] for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.
Isaiah 1:25
And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.
Malachi 3:3
He will sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the children of Levi, and he will refine them like gold and like silver, and they will present to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house [there] are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthenware [ones], some of which [are] for honorable use, and some of which [are] for ordinary use.
1 Peter 1:7
so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to [result in] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,