Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
General references
Bible References
General references
2 Timothy 2:20
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but those also of wood and clay, and some for honor and some for dishonor;
1 Peter 1:7
that the trial of your faith, which is much more precious than gold that is destroyed but proved by fire, may be found to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,