Proverbs 25:4
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2 Timothy 2:20-21
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20 Now in (A)a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, (B)some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. 21 Therefore, (C)if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable,[a] he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, (D)ready for every good work.
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- 2 Timothy 2:21 Greek from these things
Ezekiel 22:18
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18 (A)“Son of man, the house of Israel has become (B)dross to me; all of them are (C)bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are (D)dross of silver.
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Isaiah 1:25-27
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25 (A)I will turn my hand against you
and will smelt away your (B)dross as with lye
and remove all your alloy.
26 And I will restore your judges (C)as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward (D)you shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.”
27 (E)Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
Proverbs 17:3
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1 Peter 1:7
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7 so that (A)the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes (B)though it is tested by (C)fire—may be found to result in (D)praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Malachi 3:2-3
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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. 3 He will sit (C)as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring (D)offerings in righteousness to the Lord.[a]
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- Malachi 3:3 Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness
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