Psalms 12:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Psalms 12:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
2 Samuel 22:31
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
Psalms 18:30
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Psalms 19:8
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms 66:10
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

This psalm furnishes us with good thoughts for bad times, in which, though the prudent will keep silent (Amos 5:13) because a man may then be made an offender for a word, yet we may comfort ourselves with such suitable meditations and prayers as are here got ready to our hand. I. Let us see here what it is that makes the times bad, and when they may be said to be so. Ask the children of this world…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. The words--literally, “saying of” (Psa 12:5). seven times--thoroughly (Da 3:19).