Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
I have refined
I have chosen
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Bible References
I have refined
Isaiah 1:25
I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.
Job 23:10
But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.
Psalm 66:10
For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.
Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore the Lord who rules over all says, "I will now purify them in the fires of affliction and test them. The wickedness of my dear people has left me no choice. What else can I do?
Ezekiel 20:38
I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 22:18
"Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the worthless slag of silver.
Zechariah 13:8
It will happen in all the land, says the Lord, that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.
Malachi 3:2
Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like a launderer's soap.
Hebrews 12:10
For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.
1 Peter 1:7
Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold -- gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away -- and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 4:12
Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Revelation 3:19
All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
I have chosen
Deuteronomy 4:20
You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.
General references
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.