Psalm 66:10
English Standard Version
10 For you, O God, have (A)tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
Isaiah 48:10
English Standard Version
10 Behold, I have refined you, (A)but not as silver;
(B)I have tried[a] you in the furnace of affliction.
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- Isaiah 48:10 Or I have chosen
Zechariah 13:9
English Standard Version
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.’”
Malachi 3:2-3
English Standard Version
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
1 Peter 1:7
English Standard Version
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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