Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions made beneficial » In testing and exhibiting our sincerity
But he has known the way that I take; he has tried me, and I have come forth as gold.
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast refined us as silver is refined.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts.
Furnace » Use of » For refining gold
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts.
Gold » Refined
And I will put the third part into the fire and will refine them as silver is refined and will try them as gold is tried; He shall call on my name, and I will hear him; I will say, My people, and he shall say, The LORD is my God.
And he shall sit to refine and to purify the silver: for he shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than precious stones, and my revenue than choice silver.
The emerald of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
As the fining pot tries the silver and the furnace the gold; so the man is tried by the mouth of whoever praises him.
Heart » Renewed » Tested
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac, and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer; behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days; be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
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Spiritual Warfare, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InSuffering, Of BelieversBeneficial Afflictions For FaithAfflictions, Consolation DuringDeath Of The Saints, Results InMartyrdom Of The SaintsAfflictions, Benefits OfFear, Of PersecutionSatan, Work OfPersecution PredictedTen Or More DaysCrowns For God's PeopleBemaTribulation MartydomSpiritual crownsCasting Out FearPersecutionLuciferEnd Of DaysWorrying About The Futurejail
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts.
but because we have been approved of God that he might entrust us with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who tries our hearts.
I know thy works and thy labour and thy patience and how thou canst not bear those who are evil; and thou hast tried those who say they are apostles and are not and hast found them liars,
But thou, O LORD, dost know me; thou hast seen me and tried my heart toward thee; pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and mark them for the day of slaughter.
O LORD of the hosts, who examines that which is just, who seest the kidneys and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee I have opened my cause.
I know also, my God, that thou dost try the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy that thy people, who are present here, have given willingly unto thee.
Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart.
Let wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys.
But, O LORD of the hosts, that judges righteously, that tries the kidneys and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them, for unto thee I have uncovered my cause.
Silver » Refining of
And I will put the third part into the fire and will refine them as silver is refined and will try them as gold is tried; He shall call on my name, and I will hear him; I will say, My people, and he shall say, The LORD is my God.
And he shall sit to refine and to purify the silver: for he shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts.
Take away the dross from the silver, and a vessel shall come forth for the finer.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross; they are all brass and tin and iron and lead in the midst of the furnace; they are become the dross of silver. Therefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace to blow the fire upon it to melt it, so will I gather you in my anger and in my fury, and I will cause you to rest, and melt you. read more.
I will gather you and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
I will gather you and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
The bellows are burned; the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melts in vain; for the wicked are not plucked away. Reprobate silver shall men call them because the LORD has rejected them.
Silver » Purified by fire
And I will put the third part into the fire and will refine them as silver is refined and will try them as gold is tried; He shall call on my name, and I will hear him; I will say, My people, and he shall say, The LORD is my God.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts.
Trial » The lord trying
And I will put the third part into the fire and will refine them as silver is refined and will try them as gold is tried; He shall call on my name, and I will hear him; I will say, My people, and he shall say, The LORD is my God.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts.
The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who shall know it? I the LORD search the heart; I try the kidneys, even to give each man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.
I know also, my God, that thou dost try the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy that thy people, who are present here, have given willingly unto thee.
Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart.
Let wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys.
The LORD is in the temple of his holiness, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men. The LORD tries the righteous, but the wicked and he that loves violence his soul hates.