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Proverbs 25:4
Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shall proceede a vessell for the finer.
Proverbs 25:4 · Geneva Bible
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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.
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In context
1 THESE ARE ALSO PARABLES of Salomon, which the men of Hezekiah King of Iudah copied out.
2 The glorie of God is to conceale a thing secret: but the Kings honour is to search out a thing.
3 The heaues in height, and the earth in deepenes, and the Kings heart can no man search out.
4 Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shall proceede a vessell for the finer.
5 Take away the wicked from the King, and his throne shall be stablished in righteousnes.
6 Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.
7 For it is better, that it be saide vnto thee, Come vp hither, then thou to be put lower in the presece of the prince whom thine eyes haue seene.
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