Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
General references
Bible References
The founder
Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:
I am about to refine them and test them,
for what else can I do
because of My dear people?
for what else can I do
because of My dear
Proverbs 17:3 A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.
Zechariah 13:9 I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
Malachi 3:2
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will be able to stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire and like cleansing lye.
1 Peter 1:7
so that the genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:12
Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.
General references
Leviticus 14:43
“If the contamination reappears in the house after the stones have been pulled out, and after the house has been scraped and replastered,
Isaiah 5:4 What more could I have done for My vineyard
than I did?
Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,
did it yield worthless grapes?
than I did?
Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,
did it yield worthless grapes?
Ezekiel 22:24
“Son of man, say to her: You are a land that has not been cleansed, that has not received rain in the day of indignation.