Bible Verses about “refiners fire”

“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.”

“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of Armies, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.”

“But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.”

“and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.”

“Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.”

“You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.”

“"For I, Yahweh, don't change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.”

“each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.”

“I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Armies.”

“that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--”

“Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,”

“They shall be mine," says Yahweh of Armies, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.”

“Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.”

“The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.”

“Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.”

“I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field," says Yahweh of Armies.”

“"All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says Yahweh of Armies.”

“You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?”

“Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'”

“From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says Yahweh of Armies. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'”

“"Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!" says Yahweh of Armies.”

“For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.”

“"But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like launderer's soap;”

“and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.”

“But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.”

“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.”

“Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.”

“"Your words have been stout against me," says Yahweh. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'”

“You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.”

“You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.”

“Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?”

“I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"”