ach. 27:21
b1 Chr. 29:17; Ps. 26:2; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3
c[1 Pet. 1:7]
d[Deut. 4:20; Ezek. 22:18, 20, 22]
fPs. 66:10, 12; Isa. 48:10; Mal. 3:2, 3; 1 Pet. 1:7
g[Ps. 50:15]
hch. 10:6
ich. 8:8; See Ezek. 11:20
jJames 1:2; [ch. 4:12]
kJames 1:3
lJob 23:10; Ps. 66:10; Prov. 17:3; Isa. 48:10
m1 Cor. 3:13
nRom. 2:7, 10; 1 Cor. 4:5; [2 Thess. 1:7-12]

Proverbs 17:3

3 aThe crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
band the Lord tests hearts.

Isaiah 48:10

10Behold, I have refined you, cbut not as silver;
dI have tried ▼
▼Or  I have chosen
 you in the furnace of affliction.

Zechariah 13:9

9And fI will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
gThey will call upon my name,
and hI will answer them.
iI will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

1 Peter 1:6-7

6In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by jvarious trials, 7so that kthe tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes lthough it is tested by mfire—may be found to result in npraise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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