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Proverbs 25:3–4
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Proverbs 25:3
3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
3†The heauen for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of Kings is vnsearchable.
- Heb. there is no searching.
Proverbs 25:4
4Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
4Take away the drosse from the siluer, and there shall come foorth a vessell for the finer.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 25:3
The expanse above the earth, including the sky or firmament; also the dwelling or throne of God, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Elevation, vertical extent, high position, or exalted degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
Vast extent, profundity, or what is beyond searching out.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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unsearchable
Beyond searching out or full comprehension; inscrutable.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 25:4
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Impure or worthless matter separated from what is valuable, literally or as a figure.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
One who refines or purifies metal by removing dross.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 3
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Open the full verse study29¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
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Open the full verse study9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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Open the full verse study11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
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Open the full verse study7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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Open the full verse study11Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
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Open the full verse study39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
From verse 4
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Open the full verse study20But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
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Open the full verse study18Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
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Open the full verse study3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
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Open the full verse study25¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
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Open the full verse study2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
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Open the full verse study7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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