Isaiah 48:10
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10 Behold, (A)I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the (B)furnace of affliction.
1 Peter 4:12
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Suffering for God’s Glory
12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;
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Proverbs 17:3
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3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
(A)But the Lord tests the hearts.
Job 23:10
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Psalm 66:10
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Hebrews 12:10-11
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10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, (A)that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no [a]chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields (B)the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
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- Hebrews 12:11 discipline
1 Peter 1:7
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7 that (A)the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though (B)it is tested by fire, (C)may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
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Jeremiah 9:7
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7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Behold, (A)I will refine them and [a]try them;
(B)For how shall I deal with the daughter of My people?
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- Jeremiah 9:7 test
Revelation 3:19
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19 (A)As many as I love, I rebuke and (B)chasten.[a] Therefore be [b]zealous and repent.
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- Revelation 3:19 discipline
- Revelation 3:19 eager
Malachi 3:2-3
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2 “But who can endure (A)the day of His coming?
And (B)who can stand when He appears?
For (C)He is like a refiner’s fire
And like launderers’ soap.
3 (D)He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And [a]purge them as gold and silver,
That they may (E)offer to the Lord
An offering in righteousness.
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- Malachi 3:3 Or refine
Zechariah 13:8-9
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8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,”
Says the Lord,
“That (A)two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
(B)But one-third shall be left in it:
9 I will bring the one-third (C)through the fire,
Will (D)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
(E)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
(F)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
Deuteronomy 4:20
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20 But the Lord has taken you and (A)brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be (B)His people, an inheritance, as you are this day.
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Ezekiel 22:18-22
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18 “Son of man, (A)the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a (B)furnace; they have become dross from silver. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to (C)melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have (D)poured out My fury on you.’ ”
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Ezekiel 20:38
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38 (A)I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but (B)they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
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Isaiah 1:25-26
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25 I will turn My hand against you,
And (A)thoroughly[a] purge away your dross,
And take away all your alloy.
26 I will restore your judges (B)as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward (C)you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”
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- Isaiah 1:25 refine with lye
1 Kings 8:51
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51 (for (A)they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, (B)out of the iron furnace),
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