Proverbs 25:4
gTake away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the *finer.
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
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2 Timothy 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Job 28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
Malachi 3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Isaiah 1:25-27 25. ¶And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: 26. And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. 27. Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
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finer-refiner.