The Bible › Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner) › Proverbs 25
Proverbs 25:4
Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel:
Proverbs 25:4 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
← PreviousRead Proverbs 25Next →
Proverbs 25:4 in other translations
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner.
Every translation above is public domain and free to share. Other versions — NIV · ESV · NKJV · NLT · NASB · CSB · AMP — are copyrighted and open on their publishers’ partner site.
In context
1 These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezechias, king of Juda, copied out.
2 It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and the glory of kings to search out the speech.
3 The heaven above and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
4 Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel:
5 Take away wickedness from the face of the king, and his throne shall be established with justice.
6 Appear not glorious before the king, and stand not in the place of great men.
7 For it is better that it should be said to thee: Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be humbled before the prince.
Read Proverbs 25 in the app The whole chapter