- I have refined:
- "And I will turnª° my handª upon¹ thee, and purely²¹ purge awayª° thy dross,ª and take awayª° all¹ thy tin:ª ... And I will restoreª° thy judgesª° as at the first,ª and thy counsellorsª° as at the beginning:ª afterwardª¹ thou shalt be called,ª° The cityª of righteousness,ª the faithfulª° city.ª" {Isa 1:25-26} + "But¹ he knowethª° the wayª that I take:ª [when] he hath triedª° me, I shall come forthª° as gold.ª" {Job 23:10} + "For¹ thou, O God,ª hast provedª° us: thou hast triedª° us, as silverª is tried.ª°" {Psa 66:10} + "The fining potª [is] for silver,ª and the furnaceª for gold:ª but the LORDª triethª° the hearts.ª" {Prv 17:3} + "Therefore¹ thus¹ saithª° the LORDª of hosts,ª Behold,¹ I will meltª° them, and tryª° them; for¹ how¹ shall I doª° forª¹ the daughterª of my people?ª" {Jer 9:7} + "And I will purge outª° from¹ among you the rebels,ª° and them that transgressª° against me: I will bring them forthª°¹ out of the countryª¹ where they sojourn,ª and they shall not¹ enterª° into¹ the landª of Israel:ª and ye shall knowª° that¹ I¹ [am] the LORD.ª" {Ezk 20:38} + "Sonª of man,ª the houseª of Israelª is to me become¹ dross:ª all¹ they [are] brass,ª and tin,ª and iron,ª and lead,ª in the midstª of the furnace;ª they are¹ [even] the drossª of silver.ª ... As silverª is meltedª in the midstª of the furnace,ª so¹ shall ye be meltedª° in the midstª thereof; and ye shall knowª° that¹ I¹ the LORDª have poured outª° my furyª upon¹ you." {Ezk 22:18-22} + "And it shall come to pass,¹ [that] in all¹ the land,ª saithª° the LORD,ª twoª partsª therein shall be cut offª° [and] die;ª° but the thirdª shall be leftª° therein. ... And I will bringª°¹ the third partª through the fire,ª and will refineª° them as¹ silverª is refined,ª° and will tryª° them as¹ goldª is tried:ª° they¹ shall callª° on my name,ª and I¹ will hearª° them: I will say,ª° It¹ [is] my people:ª and they¹ shall say,ª° The LORDª [is] my God.ª" {Zch 13:8-9} + "But who¹ may abideª°¹ the dayª of his coming?ª° and who¹ shall standª° when he appeareth?ª° for¹ he¹ [is] like a refiner'sª° fire,ª and like fullers'ª° soap:ª ... And he shall sitª° [as] a refinerª° and purifierª° of silver:ª and he shall purifyª°¹ the sonsª of Levi,ª and purgeª° them as goldª and silver,ª that they may offerª°¹ unto the LORDª an offeringª in righteousness.ª" {Mal 3:2-3} + "Forª they¹ verilyª forª a fewª daysª chastenedª° [us] afterª their own²¹ pleasure;ª° butª he¹ forª [our] profit,ª° that² [we] might be partakersª° of hisª holiness.ª ... Nowª noªª chasteningª forª² the¹ presentª° seemethª° to beª° joyous,ª butª grievous:ª neverthelessª afterwardª it yieldethª° the peaceableª fruitª of righteousnessª unto them which are exercisedª° thereby.ªª" {Hbr 12:10-11} + "Thatª the¹ trialª of yourª faith,ª being muchª more preciousª than of goldª that perisheth,ª° thoughª² it be triedª° with¹ fire,ª might be foundª° untoª praiseª andª honourª andª gloryª atª the appearingª of Jesusª Christ:ª" {1Pe 1:7} + "Beloved,ª think it²° not² strangeª°¹ concerning the²¹ fiery trialª whichª¹ isª° to² tryª¹ you,ª asª though some strange thingª happenedª° unto you:ª" {1Pe 4:12} + "As many asªª I¹ love,ª° I² rebukeª° andª chasten:ª° be zealousª° therefore,ª andª repent.ª°" {Rev 3:19}
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