Zechariah 13:9

New Century Version

The third that is left I will test with fire, purifying them like silver, testing them like gold. Then they will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘You are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:24

You made the people of Israel your very own people forever, and, Lord, you are their God.

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 144:15

Happy are those who are like this; happy are the people whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 43:4

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God who is my joy and happiness. I will praise you with a harp, God, my God.

Psalm 50:15

Call to me in times of trouble. I will save you, and you will honor me.”

Psalm 91:15

They will call to me, and I will answer them. I will be with them in trouble; I will rescue them and honor them.

Proverbs 17:3

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

Song of Solomon 2:16

My lover is mine, and I am his. He feeds among the lilies

Isaiah 43:2

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. When you cross rivers, you will not drown. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, nor will the flames hurt you.

Isaiah 48:10

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

Isaiah 58:9

Then you will call out, and the Lord will answer. You will cry out, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you stop making trouble for others, if you stop using cruel words and pointing your finger at others,

Jeremiah 24:5

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I sent the people of Judah out of their country to live in the country of Babylon. I think of those people as good, like these good figs.

Jeremiah 30:22

“So you will be my people, and I will be your God.”

Jeremiah 31:33

“This is the agreement I will make with the people of Israel at that time,” says the Lord: “I will put my teachings in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 32:38

The people of Israel and Judah will be my people, and I will be their God.

Jeremiah 9:6

Jeremiah, you live in the middle of lies. With their lies the people refuse to know me,” says the Lord.

Ezekiel 11:20

Then they will live by my rules and obey my laws and keep them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 14:11

Then the nation of Israel will not leave me anymore or make themselves unclean anymore with all their sins. They will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord God.’ ”

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.

Ezekiel 36:28

You will live in the land I gave to your ancestors, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.

Ezekiel 37:27

The place where I live will be with them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise ones will be killed. But the hard times must come so they can be made stronger and purer and without faults until the time of the end comes. Then, at the right time, the end will come.

Daniel 12:10

Many people will be made clean, pure, and spotless, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. Those wicked people will not understand these things, but the wise will understand them.

Joel 2:32

Then anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved, because on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be people who will be saved, just as the Lord has said. Those left alive after the day of punishment are the people whom the Lord called.

Leviticus 26:12

I will walk with you and be your God, and you will be my people.

Zechariah 10:6

“I will strengthen the people of Judah and save the people of Joseph. I will bring them back, because I care about them. It will be as though I had never left them, because I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.

Zechariah 12:10

“I will pour out on David’s family and the people in Jerusalem a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look at me, the one they have stabbed, and they will cry like someone crying over the death of an only child. They will be as sad as someone who has lost a firstborn son.

Zechariah 8:8

I will bring them back, and they will live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their good and loyal God.”

Acts 2:21

Then anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved.’

Hebrews 8:10

This is the agreement I will make with the people of Israel at that time, says the Lord. I will put my teachings in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

James 1:12

When people are tempted and still continue strong, they should be happy. After they have proved their faith, God will reward them with life forever. God promised this to all those who love him.

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 21:7

Those who win the victory will receive this, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.

Revelation 8:10

Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and a large star, burning like a torch, fell from the sky. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Revelation 8:11

The name of the star is Wormwood. And a third of all the water became bitter, and many people died from drinking the water that was bitter.

Revelation 8:12

Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck. So a third of them became dark, and a third of the day was without light, and also the night.

Revelation 8:7

The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were poured down on the earth. And a third of the earth, and all the green grass, and a third of the trees were burned up.

Revelation 8:8

Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and something that looked like a big mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea. And a third of the sea became blood,

Revelation 8:9

a third of the living things in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.