Malachi 3:2
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2 But (A)who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For (B)he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.
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Zechariah 13:9
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9 And (A)I will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
(B)They will call upon my name,
and (C)I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Isaiah 4:4
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4 when (A)the Lord shall have washed away the filth of (B)the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by (C)a spirit of burning.[a]
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- Isaiah 4:4 Or purging
1 Corinthians 3:13-15
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13 (A)each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed (B)by fire, and (C)the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, (D)he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, (E)but only as through fire.
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Revelation 6:17
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17 for (A)the great day of their wrath has come, and (B)who can stand?”
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1 Peter 2:7-8
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7 So the honor is for you who (A)believe, but for those who (B)do not believe,
8 and
(D)“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, (E)as they were destined to do.
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- 1 Peter 2:7 Greek the head of the corner
Hebrews 12:25
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25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For (A)if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.
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Romans 11:5-10
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5 So too at the present time there is (A)a remnant, chosen by grace. 6 (B)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? (C)Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest (D)were hardened, 8 as it is written,
(E)“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
(F)eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.”
9 And David says,
(G)“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
10 let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and bend their backs forever.”
Luke 21:36
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36 But (A)stay awake at all times, (B)praying that you may (C)have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and (D)to stand before the Son of Man.”
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Isaiah 1:18
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18 “Come now, (A)let us reason[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as (B)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
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- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
Psalm 2:7
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7 I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, (A)“You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
Hebrews 10:28-29
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28 (A)Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy (B)on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one (C)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned (D)the blood of the covenant (E)by which he was sanctified, and has (F)outraged the Spirit of grace?
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Romans 9:31-33
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31 but that Israel (A)who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness[a] (B)did not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the (C)stumbling stone, 33 as it is written,
(D)“Behold, I am laying in Zion (E)a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
(F)and whoever believes in him will not be (G)put to shame.”
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- Romans 9:31 Greek a law of righteousness
John 15:22-24
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22 If I had not come and spoken to them, (A)they would not have been guilty of sin,[a] but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 (B)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 (C)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, (D)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have (E)seen and hated both me and my Father.
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- John 15:22 Greek they would not have sin; also verse 24
John 8:41-48
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41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, (A)“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have (B)one Father—even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, (C)“If God were your Father, you would love me, for (D)I came from God and (E)I am here. (F)I came not of my own accord, but (G)he sent me. 43 (H)Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot (I)bear to hear my word. 44 (J)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. (K)He was a murderer from the beginning, and (L)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. (M)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 (N)Whoever is of God hears the words of God. (O)The reason why you do not hear them is that (P)you are not of God.”
Before Abraham Was, I Am
48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and (Q)have a demon?”
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John 6:42-44
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42 They said, (A)“Is not this Jesus, (B)the son of Joseph, whose father and mother (C)we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me (D)draws him. And (E)I will raise him up on the last day.
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Luke 3:17
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17 His (A)winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to (B)gather the wheat into his barn, (C)but the chaff he will burn with (D)unquenchable fire.”
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Luke 3:9
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9 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. (A)Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
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Malachi 4:1
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The Great Day of the Lord
4 [a] “For behold, (A)the day is coming, (B)burning like an oven, when (C)all the arrogant and (D)all evildoers (E)will be stubble. The day that is coming (F)shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
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- Malachi 4:1 Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew
Amos 5:18-20
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Let Justice Roll Down
18 Woe to you who desire (A)the day of the Lord!
Why would you have the day of the Lord?
(B)It is darkness, and not light,
19 (C)as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
20 (D)Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?
Revelation 2:23
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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he (A)who searches mind and heart, and (B)I will give to each of you according to your works.
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Revelation 1:5-7
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5 and from Jesus Christ (A)the faithful witness, (B)the firstborn of the dead, and (C)the ruler of kings on earth.
To (D)him who loves us and (E)has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made us (F)a kingdom, (G)priests to (H)his God and Father, to him be (I)glory and (J)dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, (K)he is coming with the clouds, and (L)every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail[a] on account of him. Even so. Amen.
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- Revelation 1:7 Or mourn
John 8:55
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55 But (A)you have not known him. (B)I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be (C)a liar (D)like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
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Luke 11:52-54
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52 Woe to you (A)lawyers! (B)For you have taken away the key of (C)knowledge. You (D)did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”
53 As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, 54 (E)lying in wait for him, (F)to catch him in something he might say.
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Luke 2:34
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34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed (A)for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign (B)that is opposed
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