Bible Dictionary: Gold: Refined and Tried by Fire

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Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
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1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found to praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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Introduction.
... of these types), it is certain that by refined gold and silver are ... "The oracles of
the Lord are pure oracles, silver tried in the fire, refined of dross ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/introduction 4.htm

On the Fact that those Men are More Wretched who are Possessed by ...
... that He may commit them to eternity as gold or silver refined and needing ... the just,
a faithful city." And again: "Like as silver and gold are tried in the ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxv on the fact.htm

God's Promises Tests
... 'Until the time that his word came, the word of the Lord tried him.' "Psalm ... run off,
and as the result of the trial, there flows out gold refined by fire. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/gods promises tests.htm

An Exhortation to the People Respecting Fortitude and Patience...
... The goldsmith, until he perceives the gold well refined, will not ... For indeed He is
more desirous to quench this fire than thou who art tried by it: but He ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily iv an exhortation to.htm

The Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp,
... divested himself of all his clothes and unfastened his belt, he tried to take ... not
as burning flesh, but as bread baking or as gold and silver refined in a ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/the martyrdom of saint polycarp.htm

Whither Goest Thou?
... holy man in our text says, "When he hath tried me." As ... put thee into the furnace;
but as thou art gold and He ... it, thou must be refined; and to be refined it is ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 35 1889/whither goest thou.htm

A Word for the Persecuted
... It may be they are very polite people, and if so, your refined persecutors have
a very dainty way of cutting to the ... Good gold must expect to be tried in the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 20 1874/a word for the persecuted.htm

Acts xxv. 23
... I have appealed to Cæsar: I have been tried many times ... if any one be caught with
the fire of Christ's ... taken captive by any passion, as the gold refined in the ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily lii acts xxv 23.htm

The Gifts of Heavenly Wisdom
... We know who has said, 'I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire.' We buy ...
One has seen homely faces so refined and glorified by the fair soul that ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the gifts of heavenly wisdom.htm

The Immutability of Christ
... Have you ever tried to fathom that bottomless sea of affection in which you shall ...
has not hurt you, it has but consumed your dross and refined your gold. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the immutability of christ.htm