Job 28:1

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Interlude: Where Wisdom Is Found

28 There is a mine for silver
and a place where gold is refined.^(A)

Psalm 78:38

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³⁸Yet he was merciful;^(A)
    he forgave^(B) their iniquities^(C)
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger^(D)
    and did not stir up his full wrath.

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Isaiah 48:10

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¹⁰See, I have refined^(A) you, though not as silver;
I have tested^(B) you in the furnace^(C) of affliction.

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Daniel 12:10

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¹⁰Many will be purified, made spotless and refined,^(A) but the wicked will continue to be wicked.^(B) None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.^(C)

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Zechariah 13:9

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⁹This third I will put into the fire;^(A)
    I will refine them like silver^(B)
    and test them like gold.^(C)
They will call^(D) on my name^(E)
    and I will answer^(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’^(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.^(H)’”

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John 15:2

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²He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,^(A) while every branch that does bear fruit^(B) he prunes^[a] so that it will be even more fruitful.

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