1 Samuel 15:23
23For rebellion is as the sin of divination,and presumption is as iniquity and aidolatry.
Because byou have rejected the word of the Lord,
che has also rejected you from being king.”
Jeremiah 6:30
30 dRejected silver they are called,for the Lord has rejected them.”
Ezekiel 22:18-22
18 e“Son of man, the house of Israel has become fdross to me; all of them are gbronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are hdross of silver. 19Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, ito blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you jin my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you. 21I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it. 22As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; kI have poured out my wrath upon you.”Malachi 3:2-3
2But lwho can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For mhe is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3He will sit nas a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring oofferings in righteousness to the Lord. ▼▼Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness
Matthew 3:12
12His qwinnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and rgather his wheat into the barn, sbut the chaff he will burn with tunquenchable fire.”Matthew 7:23
23 uAnd then will I declare to them, ‘I vnever knew you; wdepart from me, xyou workers of lawlessness.’
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