Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4300 Metals and minerals » 4351 refining
The process of heating metals to high temperatures in order to burn away impurities. It is often used in a metaphorical sense to depict God refining his people to get rid of impurities in their faith.
Precious metals produced by refining
Psalm 12:6 See also 1 Chronicles 28:14-18; 1 C 3-5; Job 28:1-2; 1 Peter 1:7; Revelation 3:18
God refines his people
Refining involves suffering
Psalm 66:10-12 See also Isaiah 48:9-11; Jeremiah 9:7-9
Refining for purging and purification
Zechariah 13:8-9 See also Jeremiah 6:27-30; Daniel 11:35; Daniel 12:10; Malachi 3:2-4
See also
4303 metals 4324 dross 4333 gold 4345 metalworkers 4348 mining 4363 silver 4826 fire 7416 purification 8325 purity 8832 testing
