Zechariah 13:9
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9 And I will put this third into the fire,
refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”(A)
Psalm 50:15
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15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”(A)
Jeremiah 29:11-12
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11 For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.(A) 12 Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.(B)
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1 Peter 1:6-7
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6 In this you rejoice,[a] even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials,(A) 7 so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.(B)
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- 1.6 Or Rejoice in this
Acts 2:21
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21 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’(A)
Isaiah 48:10
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10 See, I have refined you but not like[a] silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of adversity.(A)
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- 48.10 Cn: Heb with
Revelation 21:7
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7 Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.
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Deuteronomy 26:17-19
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17 Today you have obtained the Lord’s agreement: to be your God; and for you to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and to obey him. 18 Today the Lord has obtained your agreement: to be his treasured people, as he promised you, and to keep all his commandments;(A) 19 for him to set you high above all nations that he has made, in praise and in fame and in honor; and for you to be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised.”(B)
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1 Peter 4:12
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Suffering as a Christian
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
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Isaiah 65:23-24
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23 They shall not labor in vain
or bear children for calamity,[a]
for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord—
and their descendants as well.(A)
24 Before they call I will answer,
while they are yet speaking I will hear.(B)
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- 65.23 Or sudden terror
Malachi 3:2-3
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2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner’s fire and like washers’ soap;(A) 3 he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.[a](B)
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- 3.3 Or right offerings to the Lord
Zechariah 10:6
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6 I will strengthen the house of Judah,
and I will save the house of Joseph.
I will bring them back because I have compassion on them,
and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.(A)
Hosea 2:21-23
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21 On that day I will answer, says 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 Jezreel,[a](A)
23 and I will sow him[b] for myself in the land.
And I will have pity on Lo-ruhamah,[c]
and I will say to Lo-ammi,[d] “You are my people,”
and he shall say, “You are my God.”(B)
Jeremiah 30:22
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22 And you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.(A)
Psalm 66:10-12
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10 For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.(A)
11 You brought us into the net;
you laid burdens on our backs;(B)
12 you let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.[a](C)
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- 66.12 Cn Compare Gk Syr Jerome Tg: Heb to a saturation
Jeremiah 31:33
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33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(A)
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Psalm 34:15-19
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15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.(A)
16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.(B)
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and rescues them from all their troubles.(C)
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.(D)
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord rescues them from them all.(E)
Matthew 22:29-32
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29 Jesus answered them, “You are wrong because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.(A) 30 For in the resurrection people neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels of God[a] in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is God not of the dead but of the living.”(B)
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- 22.30 Other ancient authorities lack of God
Revelation 21:3-4
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3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
“See, the home[a] of God is among mortals.
He will dwell[b] with them;
they will be his peoples,[c]
and God himself will be with them and be their God;[d](A)
4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for[e] the first things have passed away.”(B)
Hebrews 8:10
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10 This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their minds
and write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.(A)
Romans 10:12-14
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12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him.(A) 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”(B)
14 But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed?[a] And how are they to believe[b] in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him?
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Zechariah 12:10
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Mourning for the Pierced One
10 And I will pour out a spirit of compassion and supplication on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that, when they look on the one[a] whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly over him as one weeps over a firstborn.(A)
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- 12.10 Heb on me
Isaiah 44:1-6
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God’s Blessing on Israel
44 But now hear, O Jacob my servant,
Israel whom I have chosen!(A)
2 Thus says the Lord who made you,
who formed you in the womb and will help you:
Do not fear, O Jacob my servant,
Jeshurun whom I have chosen.(B)
3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my spirit upon your descendants
and my blessing on your offspring.(C)
4 They shall spring up like a green tamarisk,[a]
like willows by flowing streams.
5 This one will say, “I am the Lord’s”;
another will be called by the name of Jacob;
yet another will write on the hand, “The Lord’s,”
and adopt the name of Israel.(D)
6 Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel,
and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
I am the first, and I am the last;
besides me there is no god.(E)
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- 44.4 Q ms: MT in the midst of grass
Isaiah 43:2
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2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.(A)
Psalm 91:15
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15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble;
I will rescue them and honor them.(A)
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