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.
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Bible References
The founder
Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else'should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Malachi 3:2
But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap:
1 Peter 1:7
that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:
General references
Leviticus 14:43
And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken out the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered;
Isaiah 5:4
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Ezekiel 22:24
Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.