Jeremiah 6:29
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29 The bellows blow fiercely;
the lead is consumed by the fire;[a]
in vain the refining goes on,
for the wicked are not removed.
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- 6.29 Cn: Heb lead from their fire
1 Peter 4:12
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Suffering as a Christian
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
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Malachi 3:2-3
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2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner’s fire and like washers’ soap;(A) 3 he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.[a](B)
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- 3.3 Or right offerings to the Lord
Zechariah 13:9
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9 And I will put this third into the fire,
refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”(A)
Hosea 11:7
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7 My people are bent on turning away from me.
To the Most High they call,
but he does not raise them up at all.[a](A)
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- 11.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ezekiel 24:13
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13 Yet when I cleansed you in your filthy lewdness,
you did not become clean from your filth;
you shall not again be cleansed
until I have satisfied my fury upon you.(A)
Jeremiah 9:7
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7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:
I will now refine and test them,
for what else can I do with the daughter of my people?(A)
Isaiah 49:4
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4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my cause is with the Lord
and my reward with my God.”(A)
Proverbs 17:3
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3 The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.(A)
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