Zechariah 13:9

King James Version

⁹And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

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Zechariah 13:9

New International Version

⁹This third I will put into the fire;^(A)
    I will refine them like silver^(B)
    and test them like gold.^(C)
They will call^(D) on my name^(E)
    and I will answer^(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’^(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.^(H)’”

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Psalm 50:15

King James Version

¹⁵And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

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Psalm 50:15

New International Version

¹⁵and call^(A) on me in the day of trouble;^(B)
I will deliver^(C) you, and you will honor^(D) me.”

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1 Peter 1:6-7

King James Version

⁶Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

⁷That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

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1 Peter 1:6-7

New International Version

⁶In all this you greatly rejoice,^(A) though now for a little while^(B) you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.^(C) ⁷These have come so that the proven genuineness^(D) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire^(E)—may result in praise, glory and honor^(F) when Jesus Christ is revealed.^(G)

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Isaiah 48:10

King James Version

¹⁰Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

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Isaiah 48:10

New International Version

¹⁰See, I have refined^(A) you, though not as silver;
I have tested^(B) you in the furnace^(C) of affliction.

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Jeremiah 29:11-12

King James Version

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

¹²Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

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Jeremiah 29:11-12

New International Version

¹¹For I know the plans^(A) I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper^(B) you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.^(C) ¹²Then you will call^(D) on me and come and pray^(E) to me, and I will listen^(F) to you.

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Revelation 21:7

King James Version

⁷He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

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Revelation 21:7

New International Version

⁷Those who are victorious^(A) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.^(B)

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Malachi 3:2-3

King James Version

²But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

³And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

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Malachi 3:2-3

New International Version

²But who can endure^(A) the day of his coming?^(B) Who can stand^(C) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire^(D) or a launderer’s soap.^(E) ³He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;^(F) he will purify^(G) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.^(H) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,^(I)

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Deuteronomy 26:17-19

King James Version

¹⁷Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

¹⁸And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

¹⁹And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

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Deuteronomy 26:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him.^(A) ¹⁸And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession^(B) as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. ¹⁹He has declared that he will set you in praise,^(C) fame and honor high above all the nations^(D) he has made and that you will be a people holy^(E) to the Lord your God, as he promised.

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1 Peter 4:12

King James Version

¹²Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

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1 Peter 4:12

New International Version

Suffering for Being a Christian

¹²Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you^(A) to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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Acts 2:21

King James Version

²¹And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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Acts 2:21

New International Version

²¹And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord^(A) will be saved.’^[a]^(B)

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Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32

Zechariah 10:6

King James Version

⁶And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.

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Zechariah 10:6

New International Version

⁶“I will strengthen^(A) Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion^(B) on them.^(C)
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer^(D) them.

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Jeremiah 31:33

King James Version

³³But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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Jeremiah 31:33

New International Version

³³“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds^(A)
    and write it on their hearts.^(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.^(C)

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Isaiah 65:23-24

King James Version

²³They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.

²⁴And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

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Isaiah 65:23-24

New International Version

²³They will not labor in vain,^(A)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;^(B)
for they will be a people blessed^(C) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants^(D) with them.
²⁴Before they call^(E) I will answer;^(F)
    while they are still speaking^(G) I will hear.

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