the house

Psalm 119:119
All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.

Isaiah 1:22
Your silver has become dross, your fine wine is diluted with water.

Jeremiah 6:28-30
All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt. . . .

brass

Ezekiel 22:20
Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.

Isaiah 48:4
For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

Lamentations 4:1, 2
How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner. . . .

in the midst

Proverbs 17:3
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.

Isaiah 31:9
Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard, " declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 48:10
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

dross [heb] drosses