Isaiah 48:10
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10 “Behold, I have refined you, but (A)not as silver;
I have tested you in the (B)furnace of affliction.
Zechariah 13:9
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9 “And I will bring the third part through the (A)fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will (B)call on My name,
And I will (C)answer them;
I will say, ‘They are (D)My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Malachi 3:3
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3 He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will (A)purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may (B)present to the Lord [a]offerings in righteousness.
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- Malachi 3:3 Or grain offerings
1 Peter 1:7
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7 so that the [a](A)proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which [b]is perishable, (B)even though tested by fire, (C)may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at (D)the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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- 1 Peter 1:7 Or genuineness
- 1 Peter 1:7 Lit perishes
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