Zechariah 13:9

English Standard Version

⁹And ^(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.’”

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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

English Standard Version

¹⁵and ^(A)call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will ^(B)deliver you, and you shall ^(C)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

English Standard Version

⁶In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by ^(A)various trials, ⁷so that ^(B)the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes ^(C)though it is tested by ^(D)fire—may be found to result in ^(E)praise and glory and honor at the revelation 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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Jeremiah 29:11-12

English Standard Version

¹¹^(A)For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare^[a] and not for evil, ^(B)to give you a future and a hope. ¹²^(C)Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, ^(D)and I will hear you.

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Jeremiah 29:11 Or peace

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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Isaiah 48:10

English Standard Version

¹⁰Behold, 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

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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Revelation 21:7

English Standard Version

⁷^(A)The one who conquers will have this heritage, and ^(B)I will be his God and ^(C)he will 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

English Standard Version

²But ^(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. ³He 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

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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Acts 2:21

English Standard Version

²¹And it shall come to pass that ^(A)everyone who calls upon 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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Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32

Deuteronomy 26:17-19

English Standard Version

¹⁷^(A)You have declared today that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his rules, and will obey his voice. ¹⁸And the Lord has declared today that you are ^(B)a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments, ¹⁹and that he will set you in praise and in fame and in honor ^(C)high above all nations ^(D)that he has made, and that you shall be ^(E)a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised.”

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Deuteronomy 26:17-19

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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

English Standard Version

Suffering as a Christian

¹²Beloved, do not be surprised at ^(A)the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to 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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Zechariah 10:6

English Standard Version

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

English Standard Version

³³^(A)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: ^(B)I will put my law within them, and I will write it ^(C)on their hearts. ^(D)And I 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

English Standard Version

²³^(A)They shall not labor in vain
    ^(B)or bear children for calamity,^[a]
for ^(C)they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
    and their descendants with them.
²⁴^(D)Before they call I will answer;
    ^(E)while they are yet speaking I will hear.

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Isaiah 65:23 Or for sudden terror

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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