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Isaiah 48:10
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Isaiah 48:10
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Isaiah 48:10
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Isaiah 48:10
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10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
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Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:3
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3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
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Psalm 66:10
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Psalm 66:10
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Psalm 66:10
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Psalm 66:10
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10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
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Jeremiah 9:7
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Jeremiah 9:7
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7 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says:
Jeremiah 9:7
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Jeremiah 9:7
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7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
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Job 23:10
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Job 23:10
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Job 23:10
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Job 23:10
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10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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Deuteronomy 4:20
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Deuteronomy 4:20
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20 But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace,(A) out of Egypt,(B) to be the people of his inheritance,(C) as you now are.
Deuteronomy 4:20
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Deuteronomy 4:20
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20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
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Revelation 3:19
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Revelation 3:19
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Revelation 3:19
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Revelation 3:19
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19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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1 Peter 4:12
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1 Peter 4:12
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Suffering for Being a Christian
12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you(A) to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
1 Peter 4:12
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1 Peter 4:12
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12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
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1 Peter 1:7
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1 Peter 1:7
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7 These have come so that the proven genuineness(A) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire(B)—may result in praise, glory and honor(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed.(D)
1 Peter 1:7
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1 Peter 1:7
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7 That 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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Hebrews 12:10-11
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Hebrews 12:10-11
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10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.(A) 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(B) for those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:10-11
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Hebrews 12:10-11
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10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
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Malachi 3:2-3
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Malachi 3:2-3
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2 But who can endure(A) the day of his coming?(B) Who can stand(C) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire(D) or a launderer’s soap.(E) 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;(F) he will purify(G) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.(H) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,(I)
Malachi 3:2-3
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Malachi 3:2-3
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2 But 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:
3 And 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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Zechariah 13:8-9
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Zechariah 13:8-9
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8 In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
“two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
yet one-third will be left in it.(A)
9 This third I will put into the fire;(B)
I will refine them like silver(C)
and test them like gold.(D)
They will call(E) on my name(F)
and I will answer(G) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(H)
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(I)’”
Zechariah 13:8-9
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Zechariah 13:8-9
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8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
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Ezekiel 22:18-22
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Ezekiel 22:18-22
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18 “Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross(A) to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace.(B) They are but the dross of silver.(C) 19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have all become dross,(D) I will gather you into Jerusalem. 20 As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.(E) 21 I will gather you and I will blow(F) on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.(G) 22 As silver is melted(H) in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath(I) on you.’”(J)
Ezekiel 22:18-22
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Ezekiel 22:18-22
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18 Son 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.
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof.
22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you.
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