Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
But he knows {the way that I take}; he tests me--I shall come out like gold.
And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"
For you have tested us, O God; you have tried us as silver is tried.
And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.
Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery.
Therefore, thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Look, I [am] about to refine them, and I will test them, for what else can I do, because of the {presence} of the daughter of my people?
He will sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the children of Levi, and he will refine them like gold and like silver, and they will present to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to [result in] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, [when it] takes place to test you, as [if] [something] strange were happening to you.
Furnace » Figurative » Of affliction
Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery.
But Yahweh has taken you and brought you out from the furnace of iron, from Egypt, to be a people of inheritance to him, {as it is this day}.
for they [are] your people and your inheritance whom you brought from Egypt from the middle of the smelter of iron.
The words of Yahweh [are] pure words [like] silver refined in the crucible on the ground, refined seven times.
which I commanded your ancestors in the day of my bringing them from the land of Egypt, from the furnace of iron, {saying}, 'Listen to my voice and do according to all that I command you, {so will you be my people, and I will be your God}.'
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"
And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.
Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery.
Therefore, thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Look, I [am] about to refine them, and I will test them, for what else can I do, because of the {presence} of the daughter of my people?
And who [can] endure the day of his coming? And who [is] the one who can stand {when he appears}? For he [is] like a refiner's fire, like launderers' alkali. He will sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the children of Levi, and he will refine them like gold and like silver, and they will present to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
But he knows {the way that I take}; he tests me--I shall come out like gold.
And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"
For you have tested us, O God; you have tried us as silver is tried.
And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.
Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery.
Therefore, thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Look, I [am] about to refine them, and I will test them, for what else can I do, because of the {presence} of the daughter of my people?
He will sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the children of Levi, and he will refine them like gold and like silver, and they will present to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to [result in] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, [when it] takes place to test you, as [if] [something] strange were happening to you.
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
But he knows {the way that I take}; he tests me--I shall come out like gold.
And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"
For you have tested us, O God; you have tried us as silver is tried.
And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.
Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery.
Therefore, thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Look, I [am] about to refine them, and I will test them, for what else can I do, because of the {presence} of the daughter of my people?
He will sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the children of Levi, and he will refine them like gold and like silver, and they will present to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to [result in] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, [when it] takes place to test you, as [if] [something] strange were happening to you.
Trials » The refining influence of
But he knows {the way that I take}; he tests me--I shall come out like gold.
And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"
For you have tested us, O God; you have tried us as silver is tried.
And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.
Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery.
Therefore, thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Look, I [am] about to refine them, and I will test them, for what else can I do, because of the {presence} of the daughter of my people?
He will sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the children of Levi, and he will refine them like gold and like silver, and they will present to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to [result in] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, [when it] takes place to test you, as [if] [something] strange were happening to you.