Thematic Bible: Refining of


Thematic Bible



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.'" Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfdrossCalling upon GodGoldSilverTestingAnswers By FireAnswered PromisesRefining Influences Of AfflictionAfflictions As Blessings In DisguiseOne ThirdFire Of JudgementGod Will AnswerGod Testing PeopleThings Like GoldThings Like SilverGod Answers PrayerYou Are Our GodTestspressuremold

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. Verse ConceptsGoldPurificationSilverTestingTrialsGoldsmithsFruits Of RighteousnessPurgingRefining Influences Of AfflictionThings Like SilverThings ImprovedRegulating SacrificesBurnout

A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace [is] for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts. Verse ConceptsFurnacesdrossGoldProving, Through TestingSilverAfflictions, Benefits OfGod, All knowingGod Testing PeoplePurityTestspotexams

Remove the dross from silver, and it will become a vessel for the smith. Verse ConceptsCraftsmendrossMetalworkersSilverRubbishRemoving People From Your Lifeprocessmold

[Like] {impure silver} which overlays an earthen vessel, [so are] smooth lips and an evil heart. Verse ConceptsCoatsNominal ReligionWicked Described AsProfessingArtificialnessOverlaid With SilverShowing Hypocrisy

"Son of man, the house of Israel has become as silver dross to me; all of them [are as] bronze and tin and iron and lead in the midst of a furnace, [even] [as] silver dross, silver [dross] they became! Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Because all of you have become [as] silver dross, therefore look! I [am] gathering you to the midst of Jerusalem, like the gathering of silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin to the middle of a furnace to blow fire on it for melting. Thus I will gather in my anger and in my rage, and I will {deposit} you, and I will melt you. read more.
And I will gather you, and I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and [so] I will melt [you] in the midst of her. Thus you will be melted like [the] melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, and you will know that I, Yahweh, I have poured out my rage on you.'"

[The] bellows are burned up, lead is consumed by fire. {In vain} {he keeps on refining}, but [the] wicked are not torn apart. {They are called} rejected silver, For Yahweh has rejected them."