Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.

Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.

I have refined

Isaiah 1:25,26 And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin. . . .

Job 23:10 But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

Psalm 66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.

Proverbs 17:3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will melt, and try them: for what else shall I do before the daughter of my people?

Ezekiel 20:38 And I will pick out from among you the transgressors, and the wicked, and will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:18-22 Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all these are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver. . . .

Zechariah 13:8,9 And there shall be in all the earth, saith the Lord, two parts in it shall be scattered, and shall perish: but the third part shall be left therein. . . .

Malachi 3:2,3 And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb: . . .

Hebrews 12:10,11 And they indeed for a few days, according to their own pleasure, instructed us: but he, for our profit, that we might receive his sanctification. . . .

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:12 Dearly beloved, think not strange the burning heat which is to try you: as if some new thing happened to you.

Revelation 3:19 Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.

with silver, or, for silver

Deuteronomy 4:20 But the Lord hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnaces of Egypt, to make you his people of inheritance, as it is this present day.