Isaiah 48:10

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

Cross References

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tries hearts.

Job 23:10

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Psalm 66:10

For thou, O God, hast tested us; thou hast tried us as silver is tried.

1 Peter 1:7

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

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people?

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own possession, as at this day.

Ezekiel 20:38

I will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me; I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

1 Kings 8:51

(for they are thy people, and thy heritage, which thou didst bring out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace).

Isaiah 27:9

Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.

Jeremiah 11:4

which I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you. So shall you be my people, and I will be your God,

Job 28:1

“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.