Homiletic Review Proverbs 25:4-5 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.… No text in Scripture brings out with equal distinctness the higher office of affliction, i.e.,, to develop in us preparation for a true usefulness. The object of furnace fires is not to melt the precious metal, or even to release the dross, but to make the metal ready for the purposes of manufacture. Not the silver ingot, however, but the silver vessel, is the object of the assayer. When God tries His children, it is not simply that they shall "come forth as gold," glorious as is purity of character, but that they may be both ready to be shaped for His purposes and capable of being used to fulfil His will. Paul seems to refer to this proverb in 2 Timothy 2:19-21, the only other passage in which the same truth is taught by the same figure. (Homiletic Review.) Parallel Verses KJV: Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.WEB: Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner; |
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