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Psalm 12:6

The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

4who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
6The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
7You will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.
8The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
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Silver purified seven times pictures words without impurity, a sharp contrast to the boastful speech surrounding God's promise to protect the needy.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Proverbs 30:5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.Both passages describe God's words as flawless, affirming that what he says is free from defect.
Genesis 21:1The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken.Psalm 12 affirms the reliability of the LORD's words; Genesis records the LORD doing for Sarah what he had spoken.
Psalm 19:8The LORD’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. The LORD’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.Both passages describe purity in what the LORD says, with Psalm 19 naming his commandment as pure.
Psalm 18:30As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.Psalm 12 compares the LORD's words to refined silver; Psalm 18 describes his word as tried.
2 Samuel 22:31As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.Both texts affirm the soundness of the LORD's word through the language of refining or testing.
Psalm 33:4For the LORD’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.Both psalms affirm the integrity of the LORD's speech, describing his words as flawless and his word as right.
Psalm 66:10For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.Both use silver refining as a comparison, though Psalm 12 describes God's words and Psalm 66 describes God's testing of people.
John 17:17Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.Both affirm the integrity of God's word: Psalm 12 describes it as flawless, and John 17 names it as truth.
Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.Both describe speech free from corruption: the LORD's flawless words in Psalm 12 and wisdom's words without crookedness in Proverbs.
Proverbs 22:20Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,Both concern the worth of words, though Proverbs names written counsel and knowledge without Psalm 12's claim of flawless purity.
Job 28:1“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.Both mention silver and metal refining; Psalm 12 uses refining as a comparison for the purity of the LORD's words.
Proverbs 27:21The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.Both draw on metal refining, though Psalm 12 concerns the LORD's words and Proverbs connects human refining with praise.
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Read Psalm 12:5–6 aloud, pausing at the silver comparison

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Encouragement

The psalm still ends with wickedness on every side. Its confidence rests in YHWH’s flawless words, including his promise to act for the weak and needy.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).