Zechariah 13:9
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9 I will bring the one-third (A)through the fire,
Will (B)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
(C)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
Psalm 50:15
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15 (A)Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
Jeremiah 29:11-12
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11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will (A)call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will (B)listen to you.
Acts 2:21
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21 And it shall come to pass
That (A)whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.’
Isaiah 65:23-24
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23 They shall not labor in vain,
(A)Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For (B)they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,
And their offspring with them.
24 “It shall come to pass
That (C)before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will (D)hear.
Isaiah 48:10
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10 Behold, (A)I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the (B)furnace of affliction.
1 Peter 1:6-7
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6 (A)In this you greatly rejoice, though now (B)for a little while, if need be, (C)you have been [a]grieved by various trials, 7 that (D)the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though (E)it is tested by fire, (F)may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
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- 1 Peter 1:6 distressed
Psalm 34:15-19
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15 (A)The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their cry.
16 (B)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
(C)To [a]cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry out, and (D)the Lord hears,
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 (E)The Lord is near (F)to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as [b]have a contrite spirit.
Footnotes
- Psalm 34:16 destroy
- Psalm 34:18 are crushed in spirit
Psalm 91:15
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15 He shall (A)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be (B)with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
Revelation 21:7
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7 He who overcomes [a]shall inherit all things, and (A)I will be his God and he shall be My son.
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- Revelation 21:7 M I shall give him these things
1 Peter 4:12
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Suffering for God’s Glory
12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;
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Jeremiah 30:22
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22 ‘You shall be (A)My people,
And I will be your God.’ ”
Isaiah 43:2
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2 (A)When you pass through the waters, (B)I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you (C)walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.
James 1:12
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Loving God Under Trials
12 (A)Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive (B)the crown of life (C)which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
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Deuteronomy 26:17-19
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17 Today you have (A)proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will (B)obey His voice. 18 Also today (C)the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, 19 and that He will set you (D)high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be (E)a [a]holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”
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- Deuteronomy 26:19 consecrated
Psalm 66:10-12
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10 For (A)You, O God, have tested us;
(B)You have refined us as silver is refined.
11 (C)You brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on our backs.
12 (D)You have caused men to ride over our heads;
(E)We went through fire and through water;
But You brought us out to [a]rich fulfillment.
Footnotes
- Psalm 66:12 abundance
Hosea 2:21-23
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21 “It shall come to pass in that day
That (A)I will answer,” says the Lord;
“I will answer the heavens,
And they shall answer the earth.
22 The earth shall answer
With grain,
With new wine,
And with oil;
They shall answer [a]Jezreel.
23 Then (B)I will sow her for Myself in the earth,
(C)And I will have mercy on her who had [b]not obtained mercy;
Then (D)I will say to those who were [c]not My people,
‘You are [d]My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:22 Lit. God Will Sow
- Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ruhamah
- Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ammi
- Hosea 2:23 Heb. ammi
Zechariah 10:6
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6 “I will strengthen the house of Judah,
And I will save the house of Joseph.
(A)I will bring them back,
Because I (B)have mercy on them.
They shall be as though I had not cast them aside;
For I am the Lord their God,
And I (C)will hear them.
Malachi 3:2-3
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2 “But who can endure (A)the day of His coming?
And (B)who can stand when He appears?
For (C)He is like a refiner’s fire
And like launderers’ soap.
3 (D)He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And [a]purge them as gold and silver,
That they may (E)offer to the Lord
An offering in righteousness.
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- Malachi 3:3 Or refine
Hebrews 8:10
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10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the (A)Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and (B)I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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Job 23:10
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Matthew 22:29-32
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29 Jesus answered and said to them, “You are [a]mistaken, (A)not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but (B)are like angels [b]of God in heaven. 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 (C)‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
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- Matthew 22:29 deceived
- Matthew 22:30 NU omits of God
Zechariah 8:8
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8 I will (A)bring them back,
And they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
(B)They shall be My people
And I will be their God,
(C)In truth and righteousness.’
Jeremiah 31:33
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33 (A)But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: (B)I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their [a]hearts; (C)and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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- Jeremiah 31:33 Lit. inward parts
Isaiah 58:9
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9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
“If you take away the yoke from your midst,
The [a]pointing of the finger, and (A)speaking wickedness,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:9 Lit. sending out of
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