Thematic Bible: Refined
Thematic Bible
Gold » Refined
Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"
He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the Lord a proper offering.
The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.
My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver.
"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'
As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.
Wine » Refined
The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine -- tender meat and choicest wine.
"From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged.
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