Proverbs 25:4 (BSB)

Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.

From Proverbs 25. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 25:4

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 25:4-5: 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 is: To take away the wicked, to use their power for the terror of evil works and evil workers, not only to banish those that are vicious and profane from...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 25:4: 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, but pure silver shall come out of it for the refiner; of which a vessel may be made, very honourable, beautiful, and fit for use: the application...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 25:4: As separating impurities from ore leaves pure silver, so taking from a king wicked counsellors leaves a wise and beneficent government.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 25:4: Take away the 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.