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
Thus says Jehovah of Hosts: Behold, I will refine them and assay them. What else can 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 proves the heart.
Zechariah 13:9
I will bring the third part into the fire. I will refine them, as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: 'It is my people!' They will say: 'Jehovah is my God!'
Malachi 3:2
Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? He is like a refiner's fire and like laundry soap (the lye of laundrymen).
1 Peter 1:7
The proof of your faith is more precious than gold that perishes. Though it is tested by fire, it may be found in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved ones do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, for it comes upon you like a test, as though some strange thing were happening to you.
General references
Leviticus 14:43
If the mildew breaks out again in the house after the stones have been removed and the house has been scraped and plastered,
Isaiah 5:4
What more could have been done for my vineyard than what I have already done for it? When I waited for it to produce good grapes, why did it produce only sour, wild grapes?
Ezekiel 22:24
Son of man, say to her: 'You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation (outrage) (revulsion).