Proverbs 25:4
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
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Gill's Exposition
Take away the dross from the silver,.... By putting it into the furnace, and purging it from it:
and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer; not out of the furnace, a vessel formed and…
This shows that the vigorous endeavour of a prince to suppress vice, and reform the manners of his people, is the most effectual way to support his government. Observe, 1. what the duty of magistrates…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
a vessel for the finer Such pure metal as the refiner, who has with that very object taken away the dross, can make into a goodly vessel or vase. Egredietur vas purissimum, Vulg.
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