Malachi 3:3

New American Bible - revised edition

He will sit refining and purifying silver, and he will purify the Levites, Refining them like gold or silver, that they may bring offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

Cross References

Psalm 116:17

I will offer a sacrifice of praise and call on the name of the Lord.

Psalm 4:5

Tremble and sin no more; weep bitterly within your hearts, wail upon your beds,

Psalm 4:6

Offer fitting sacrifices and trust in the Lord.

Psalm 50:14

Offer praise as your sacrifice to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High.

Psalm 50:23

Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; I will let him whose way is steadfast look upon the salvation of God.”

Psalm 51:19

My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a contrite, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn.

Psalm 66:10

You tested us, O God, tried us as silver tried by fire.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the tester of hearts is the Lord.

Proverbs 25:4

Remove the dross from silver, and it comes forth perfectly purified;

Isaiah 1:25

I will turn my hand against you, and refine your dross in the furnace, removing all your alloy.

Isaiah 48:10

See, I refined you, but not like silver; I tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Isaiah 61:6

You yourselves shall be called “Priests of the Lord,” “Ministers of our God” you shall be called. You shall eat the wealth of the nations and in their riches you will boast.

Jeremiah 9:7

A murderous arrow is their tongue, their mouths utter deceit; They speak peaceably with their neighbors, but in their hearts they lay an ambush!

Ezekiel 20:38

I will sort out from you those who defied me and rebelled against me; from the land where they resided as aliens I will bring them out, but they shall not return to the land of Israel. Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.

Daniel 11:35

Some of those with insight shall stumble so that they may be tested, refined, and purified, until the end time which is still appointed to come.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall be refined, purified, and tested, but the wicked shall prove wicked; the wicked shall have no understanding, but those with insight shall.

Hosea 14:2

Return, Israel, to the Lord, your God; you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the one third through the fire; I will refine them as one refines silver, and I will test them as one tests gold. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them; I will say, “They are my people,” and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”

Numbers 8:6

Take the Levites from among the Israelites and cleanse them.

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

Romans 12:1

I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship.

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in performing the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the holy Spirit.

Philippians 2:17

But, even if I am poured out as a libation upon the sacrificial service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with all of you.

Philippians 4:18

I have received full payment and I abound. I am very well supplied because of what I received from you through Epaphroditus, “a fragrant aroma,” an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

2 Timothy 4:6

For I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good.

Hebrews 12:10

They disciplined us for a short time as seemed right to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we may share his holiness.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:5

and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Revelation 1:6

who has made us into a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, to him be glory and power forever [and ever]. Amen.

Revelation 3:18

I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white garments to put on so that your shameful nakedness may not be exposed, and buy ointment to smear on your eyes so that you may see.

Revelation 5:10

You made them a kingdom and priests for our God, and they will reign on earth.”