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But as for my way, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the gold in the fire.
And the same third part will I bring through the fire, and will cleanse them, as the silver is cleansed: Yea and try them, like as gold is tried. Then shall they call upon my name, and I will hear them: I will say, 'It is my people.' And they shall say, 'LORD, my God.'"
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.
And therefore shall I lay my hand upon thee, and burn out thy dross from the finest and purest, and put out all thy lead,
Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty;
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "Behold, I will melt them, and try them, for what should I else do to my people?
And he shall sit trying and purging silver, and shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall fine them as gold and silver. And they shall bring offering unto the LORD of righteousness.
that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had happened unto you:
Furnace » Figurative » Of affliction
Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty;
For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as it is come to pass this day.
For they be thy people and thine inheritance which thou broughtest out of Egypt, from the furnace of iron.
The words of the LORD are pure words: even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.
which I commanded unto your fathers; what time as I brought them out of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Be obedient unto my voice, and do according to all that I commanded you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God,
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
And the same third part will I bring through the fire, and will cleanse them, as the silver is cleansed: Yea and try them, like as gold is tried. Then shall they call upon my name, and I will hear them: I will say, 'It is my people.' And they shall say, 'LORD, my God.'"
And therefore shall I lay my hand upon thee, and burn out thy dross from the finest and purest, and put out all thy lead,
Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty;
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "Behold, I will melt them, and try them, for what should I else do to my people?
Who shall endure in the day of his coming, or who shall stand to behold him? For he is as trying fire, and as the herb that fullers scour withal. And he shall sit trying and purging silver, and shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall fine them as gold and silver. And they shall bring offering unto the LORD of righteousness.
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
But as for my way, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the gold in the fire.
And the same third part will I bring through the fire, and will cleanse them, as the silver is cleansed: Yea and try them, like as gold is tried. Then shall they call upon my name, and I will hear them: I will say, 'It is my people.' And they shall say, 'LORD, my God.'"
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.
And therefore shall I lay my hand upon thee, and burn out thy dross from the finest and purest, and put out all thy lead,
Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty;
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "Behold, I will melt them, and try them, for what should I else do to my people?
And he shall sit trying and purging silver, and shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall fine them as gold and silver. And they shall bring offering unto the LORD of righteousness.
that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had happened unto you:
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
But as for my way, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the gold in the fire.
And the same third part will I bring through the fire, and will cleanse them, as the silver is cleansed: Yea and try them, like as gold is tried. Then shall they call upon my name, and I will hear them: I will say, 'It is my people.' And they shall say, 'LORD, my God.'"
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.
And therefore shall I lay my hand upon thee, and burn out thy dross from the finest and purest, and put out all thy lead,
Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty;
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "Behold, I will melt them, and try them, for what should I else do to my people?
And he shall sit trying and purging silver, and shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall fine them as gold and silver. And they shall bring offering unto the LORD of righteousness.
that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had happened unto you:
Trials » The refining influence of
But as for my way, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the gold in the fire.
And the same third part will I bring through the fire, and will cleanse them, as the silver is cleansed: Yea and try them, like as gold is tried. Then shall they call upon my name, and I will hear them: I will say, 'It is my people.' And they shall say, 'LORD, my God.'"
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.
And therefore shall I lay my hand upon thee, and burn out thy dross from the finest and purest, and put out all thy lead,
Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty;
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "Behold, I will melt them, and try them, for what should I else do to my people?
And he shall sit trying and purging silver, and shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall fine them as gold and silver. And they shall bring offering unto the LORD of righteousness.
that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had happened unto you: