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.’”
Psalm 50:15
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1 Peter 1:6-7
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6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by (A)various trials, 7 so 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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Jeremiah 29:11-12
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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
Isaiah 48:10
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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
Revelation 21:7
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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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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
Acts 2:21
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21 And it shall come to pass that (A)everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
Deuteronomy 26:17-19
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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. 18 And 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, 19 and 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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1 Peter 4:12
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Suffering as a Christian
12 Beloved, 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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Zechariah 10:6
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Jeremiah 31:33
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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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Isaiah 65:23-24
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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
Psalm 66:10-12
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10 For you, O God, have (A)tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into (B)the net;
you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
12 you let men (C)ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through (D)water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.
Matthew 22:29-32
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29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, (A)because you know neither the Scriptures nor (B)the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither (C)marry nor (D)are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, (E)have you not read what was said to you by God: 32 (F)‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”
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Hosea 2:21-23
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21 “And (A)in that day (B)I will answer, declares the Lord,
I will answer the heavens,
and they shall answer the earth,
22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and they shall answer (C)Jezreel,[a]
23 and (D)I will sow her for myself in the land.
And (E)I (F)will have mercy on No Mercy,[b]
and (G)I will say to Not My People,[c] (H)‘You are my people’;
and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”
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- Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God will sow
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ruhama
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ammi
Jeremiah 30:22
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22 (A)And you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.”
Psalm 34:15-19
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15 (A)The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
(B)and his ears toward their cry.
16 (C)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to (D)cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 (E)When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to (F)the brokenhearted
and saves (G)the crushed in spirit.
Revelation 21:3-4
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3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, (A)the dwelling place[a] of God is with man. He will (B)dwell with them, and they will be his people,[b] and God himself will be with them as their God.[c] 4 (C)He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and (D)death shall be no more, (E)neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
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- Revelation 21:3 Or tabernacle
- Revelation 21:3 Some manuscripts peoples
- Revelation 21:3 Some manuscripts omit as their God
Hebrews 8:10
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10 (A)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
and (B)write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
Zechariah 12:10
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Him Whom They Have Pierced
10 “And (A)I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and (B)pleas for mercy, so that, (C)when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, (D)they shall mourn for him, (E)as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
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James 1:12
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12 (A)Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive (B)the crown of life, (C)which God has promised to those who love him.
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1 Corinthians 3:11-13
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11 For no one can lay a (A)foundation other (B)than that which is laid, (C)which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 (D)each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed (E)by fire, and (F)the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
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Romans 10:12-14
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12 (A)For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; (B)for the same Lord is Lord of all, (C)bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For (D)“everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him (E)of whom they have never heard?[a] And how are they to hear (F)without someone preaching?
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- Romans 10:14 Or him whom they have never heard
Zechariah 8:8
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8 and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. (A)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, (B)in faithfulness and in righteousness.”
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