Isaiah 48:10

New Century Version

I have made you pure, but not by fire, as silver is made pure. I have purified you by giving you troubles.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:51

Remember, they are your special people. You brought them out of Egypt, as if you were pulling them out of a blazing furnace.

Job 23:10

But God knows the way that I take, and when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.

Job 28:1

“There are mines where people dig silver and places where gold is made pure.

Psalm 66:10

God, you have tested us; you have purified us like silver.

Proverbs 17:3

A hot furnace tests silver and gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

Isaiah 27:9

This is how Israel’s guilt will be forgiven; this is how its sins will be taken away: Israel will crush the rocks of the altar to dust, and no statues or altars will be left standing for the Asherah idols.

Jeremiah 11:4

that I made with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. Egypt was like a furnace for melting iron!’ I told them, ‘Obey me and do everything I command you. Then you will be my people, and I will be your God.

Jeremiah 9:7

So this is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “I will test the people of Judah as a person tests metal in a fire. I have no other choice, because my people have sinned.

Ezekiel 20:38

I will get rid of those who refuse to obey me and who turn against me. I will bring them out of the land where they are now living, but they will never enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord brought you out of Egypt, which tested you like a furnace for melting iron, and he made you his very own people, as you are now.

1 Peter 1:7

These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you.

1 Peter 4:12

My friends, do not be surprised at the terrible trouble which now comes to test you. Do not think that something strange is happening to you.

Revelation 3:19

“I correct and punish those whom I love. So be eager to do right, and change your hearts and lives.