100 Bible Verses about Refiners Fire

Zechariah 13:9 ESV / 2,636 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Isaiah 48:10 ESV / 2,488 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

1 Peter 1:7 ESV / 2,485 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

So that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 17:3 ESV / 2,058 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts.

Job 23:10 ESV / 1,962 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

Psalm 66:10 ESV / 1,961 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

Malachi 3:3 ESV / 1,790 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.

Malachi 3:1-18 ESV / 1,517 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years. “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts. ...

Psalm 66:10-12 ESV / 1,472 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs; you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

1 Peter 1:6 ESV / 1,426 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 1,398 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Isaiah 1:25 ESV / 1,316 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 1,074 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Matthew 3:10-11 ESV / 1,018 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Jeremiah 9:7 ESV / 1,002 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people?

Malachi 3:2-3 ESV / 966 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 3:13 ESV / 876 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.

John 15:1-27 ESV / 875 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ...

Malachi 3:2 ESV / 829 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.

1 Peter 4:12 ESV / 750 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 735 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Revelation 3:18 ESV / 728 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.

Proverbs 25:4 ESV / 679 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel;

Exodus 3:2 ESV / 663 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.

Numbers 11:1 ESV / 582 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.

Psalm 12:6 ESV / 581 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Malachi 3:1 ESV / 575 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Hebrews 12:29 ESV / 572 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For our God is a consuming fire.

Isaiah 4:4 ESV / 571 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.

Daniel 11:35 ESV / 559 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And some of the wise shall stumble, so that they may be refined, purified, and made white, until the time of the end, for it still awaits the appointed time.

Genesis 19:24 ESV / 548 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

Daniel 12:10 ESV / 540 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

Numbers 16:35 ESV / 510 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men offering the incense.

1 Peter 1:6-7 ESV / 505 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Luke 3:16 ESV / 496 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

James 1:12 ESV / 478 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 477 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

1 Peter 4:12-13 ESV / 468 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 459 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 3:11 ESV / 453 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Luke 9:54 ESV / 452 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

Isaiah 33:14 ESV / 452 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?”

John 3:16 ESV / 449 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Ezekiel 22:18-22 ESV / 439 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver. Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you. I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it. As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; I have poured out my wrath upon you.”

Jeremiah 6:29 ESV / 438 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed.

Acts 2:3-4 ESV / 427 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 423 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

Exodus 13:21 ESV / 419 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.

James 3:6 ESV / 405 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

James 1:2 ESV / 404 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

Romans 12:1 ESV / 384 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 380 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Deuteronomy 4:24 ESV / 376 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

2 Kings 2:11 ESV / 375 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

1 John 3:2 ESV / 358 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

Romans 8:18 ESV / 358 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Luke 7:27 ESV / 354 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’

2 Kings 1:10 ESV / 354 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But Elijah answered the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

Mark 1:2 ESV / 353 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,

Titus 2:14 ESV / 350 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

Matthew 11:10 ESV / 349 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’

Malachi 1:11 ESV / 338 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 31:23 ESV / 330 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless, it shall also be purified with the water for impurity. And whatever cannot stand the fire, you shall pass through the water.

Malachi 3:16 ESV / 312 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.

Psalm 18:30 ESV / 310 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Zechariah 13:8-9 ESV / 302 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

In the whole land, declares the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive. And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Deuteronomy 4:20-24 ESV / 300 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day. Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. For I must die in this land; I must not go over the Jordan. But you shall go over and take possession of that good land. Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make a carved image, the form of anything that the Lord your God has forbidden you. For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Luke 12:49 ESV / 299 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!

Exodus 19:18 ESV / 279 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.

1 Chronicles 28:18 ESV / 275 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For the altar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 273 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 264 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Isaiah 53:1-12 ESV / 263 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. ...

1 Chronicles 29:4 ESV / 263 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

3,000 talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the house,

Romans 5:3-4 ESV / 248 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

Jeremiah 23:29 ESV / 244 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

Malachi 3:11 ESV / 233 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts.

Exodus 14:19 ESV / 225 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,

Leviticus 10:1-2 ESV / 223 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.

Genesis 15:17 ESV / 221 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 217 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 20:14-15 ESV / 216 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Mark 9:44 ESV / 214 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 26:61 ESV / 214 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.

Numbers 3:4 ESV / 214 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 213 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Leviticus 9:24 ESV / 206 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 199 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Leviticus 6:12-13 ESV / 199 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

Psalm 39:3 ESV / 192 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

Romans 8:29 ESV / 190 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Revelation 19:20 ESV / 186 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

James 1:3 ESV / 186 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

Jeremiah 20:9 ESV / 186 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

1 Kings 18:24 ESV / 185 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the Lord, and the God who answers by fire, he is God.” And all the people answered, “It is well spoken.”

Revelation 2:18 ESV / 181 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

Exodus 9:23 ESV / 175 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 4:2 ESV / 170 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.

Daniel 12:1-13 ESV / 168 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream. ...

Romans 12:1-21 ESV / 153 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. ...