Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Proverbs 25:4
Take away the dross from the silver, the impurities from the ore, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer, the metal being pure enough to be used for the finest vessels made by the goldsmith.
Take away the dross from the silver, the impurities from the ore, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer, the metal being pure enough to be used for the finest vessels made by the goldsmith.
Verse Proverbs 25:4. _TAKE AWAY THE DROSS FROM THE SILVER_] You cannot have a _pure_ silver vessel till you have purified the silver; and no nation can have a king a public blessing till the _wicked_...
IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 25 Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...
FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets. PROVERBS...
FINER. refiner....
_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....
CHAPTER 25 TEXT Proverbs 25:1-10 1. These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 2. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings i...
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. THE FINER - the melter; the goldsmith. TAKE AWAY THE WICKED (FROM) BEFORE THE KING. Bad ministers and couns...
COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....
The workman cannot make a beautiful object with dirty silver. And the king cannot rule well if his government is evil. Paul taught us to pray for kings and governments (1 Timothy 2:1-2)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
AND THERE SHALL COME FORTH A VESSEL FOR THE FINER. — OR, _So there results a vessel to the refiner,_ or silversmith. He is able to make one....
הָגֹ֣ו סִיגִ֣ים מִ כָּ֑סֶף וַ יֵּצֵ֖א לַ
CHAPTER 26 THE KING "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable...
WORDS FITLY SPOKEN Proverbs 25:1-14 This collection of proverbs was made. 250years after the time of Solomon by the scribes of King Hezekiah. The glory of God is too great to be disclosed to the vulg...
We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon. These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, the...
Take away the (f) dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner. (f) When vice is removed from a king, he is a meet vessel for the Lord's use....
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. Take away the wicked fro...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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 shaped,...
_Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer._ Ver. 4. _Take away the dross from the silver._] The holy prophets were not only most exactly seen in the peer...
_Take away the dross from the silver_, &c. When the dross is separated from the silver, and not before, it becomes so pliable, that the finer may cast or work it into what form he pleases; thus, _take...
In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...
Then, and not till then, it is fit for that use....
Proverbs 25:4 away H1898 (H8800) dross H5509 silver H3701 go H3318 (H8799) silversmith H6884 (H8802) jewelry...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly towa...
Proverbs 25:1. _These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out._ Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the boo...
_Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer._ PURIFYING FIRES No text in Scripture brings out with equal distinctness the higher office of affliction, _i.e...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:4 TAKE AWAY THE WICKED FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE KING. The close advisers of a ruler must be chosen with careful attention to their moral character (see...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
With this chapter begins the fourth main division of this book, consisting, as its introductory words inform us, of sayings and perhaps writings of Solomon, which were placed together in their present...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-29:27 PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest blessing to the king and his subjects...
Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a per...
1 Peter 1:7; 2 Timothy 2:20; 2 Timothy 2:21; Isaiah 1:25; Malachi 3:3
Take away — Then, and not 'till then it is fit for that use....