Psalms 66:12
You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.
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Psalms 66:12
You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.
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Genesis 13:10
And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.
Exodus 14:29
But the children of Israel went through the sea walking on dry land, and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.
Joshua 3:15
And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are overflowing all through the time of the grain-cutting),
Joshua 3:16
Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.
Joshua 3:17
And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.
Psalms 66:6
The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.
Psalms 91:3
He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.
Psalms 91:4
You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.
Psalms 91:5
You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,
Isaiah 8:7
For this cause the Lord is sending on them the waters of the River, deep and strong, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it will come up through all its streams, overflowing all its edges:
Isaiah 8:9
Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:
Isaiah 8:10
Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.
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Genesis 15:13
And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;
Genesis 15:14
But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.
Genesis 15:15
As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.
Genesis 15:16
And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
Genesis 15:17
Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
Exodus 3:2
And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.
Deuteronomy 4:24
For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, and he will not let the honour which is his be given to any other.
Isaiah 53:10
And the Lord was pleased...see a seed, long life, ...will do well in his hand. ...
Isaiah 53:11
...made clear his righteousness before men...had taken their sins on himself.
Zechariah 13:7
Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.
John 1:14
And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
Romans 8:3
For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:
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Exodus 3:8
And I have come down to take them out of the hands of the Egyptians, guiding them out of that land into a good land and wide, into a land flowing with milk and honey; into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
Leviticus 20:24
But I have said to you, You will take their land and I will give it to you for your heritage, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God who have made you separate from all other peoples.
Numbers 13:27
And they said, We came to the land where you sent us, and truly it is flowing with milk and honey: and here is some of the produce of it.
Deuteronomy 32:13
He put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;
Isaiah 49:23
And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.
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Deuteronomy 29:19
If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:
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Joshua 10:24
And when they had made those kings come out to Joshua, Joshua sent for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near and put your feet on the necks of these kings. So they came near and put their feet on their necks.
Psalms 18:40
By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
Psalms 44:5
Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.
Psalms 60:12
Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.
Isaiah 26:13
O Lord, our God, other lords than you have had rule over us; but in you only is our salvation, and no other name will we take on our lips.
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2 Samuel 15:1
Now after this, Absalom got for himself a carriage and horses, and fifty runners to go before him.
2 Samuel 15:17
And the king went out, and all his servants went after him, and made a stop at the Far House.
Psalms 3:1
A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son. Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.
Psalms 3:2
Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)
Psalms 3:8
Salvation comes from the Lord; your blessing is on your people. (Selah.)
Psalms 32:9
Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.
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2 Samuel 22:5
For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;
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Job 7:20
If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?
Job 16:11
God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.
Job 16:12
I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.
Job 16:13
His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.
Job 16:14
I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.
Job 19:6
Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.
Psalms 44:9
But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.
Psalms 44:10
Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.
Psalms 44:11
You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.
Psalms 44:12
You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.
Psalms 44:13
You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.
Psalms 44:14
Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.
Psalms 44:22
Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.
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Leviticus 1:1
And the voice of the Lord came to Moses out of the Tent of meeting, saying,
Leviticus 1:2
Give these orders to the children of Israel: When anyone of you makes an offering to the Lord, you are to take it from the cattle, from the herd or from the flock.
Leviticus 1:3
If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord.
Leviticus 1:4
And he is to put his hand on the head of the burned offering and it will be taken for him, to take away his sin.
Leviticus 1:5
And the ox is to be put to death before the Lord: then Aaron's sons, the priests, are to take the blood and put some of it on and round the altar which is at the door of the Tent of meeting.
Leviticus 1:6
And the burned offering is to be skinned and cut up into its parts.
Leviticus 1:7
And Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put fire on the altar and put the wood in order on the fire:
2 Chronicles 29:31
Then Hezekiah made answer and said, Now that you have given yourselves to the Lord, come near and take offerings and praise-offerings into the house of the Lord. So all the people took in offerings and praise-offerings: and those whose hearts were moved, took in burned offerings.
2 Chronicles 29:32
The number of burned offerings which the people took in was seventy oxen, a hundred male sheep, and two hundred lambs: all these were for burned offerings to the Lord.
Ezra 8:35
And those who had been prisoners, who had come back from a strange land, made burned offerings to the God of Israel, twelve oxen for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burned offering to the Lord.
Psalms 9:13
Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;
Psalms 116:12
What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?
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Psalms 18:12
Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.
Psalms 18:13
The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.
Psalms 18:14
He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
Psalms 140:10
Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.
Jeremiah 48:45
Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.
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Job 13:15
Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;
Job 19:25
But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;
Job 19:26
And...without my flesh I will see God;
Job 36:16
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Psalms 23:3
He gives new life to my soul: he is my guide in the ways of righteousness because of his name.
Psalms 23:4
Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.
Psalms 23:5
You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.
Psalms 138:7
Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.
Zechariah 10:11
And they will go through the sea of Egypt, and all the deep waters of the Nile will become dry: and the pride of Assyria will be made low, and the power of Egypt will be taken away.
2 Timothy 4:18
The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
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Psalms 33:19
To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.
Psalms 34:20
He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Psalms 84:6
Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.
Proverbs 11:8
The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.
Isaiah 43:3
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
Revelation 4:6
And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about.
Revelation 7:15
This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.
Revelation 7:16
They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun:
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Psalms 41:7
All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.
Psalms 41:8
They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.
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Psalms 44:25
For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.
Psalms 119:25
DALETH My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.
Lamentations 4:5
Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.
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Psalms 68:6
Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.
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Job 22:11
Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.
Psalms 40:2
He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
Psalms 40:3
And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.
Psalms 69:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David. Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.
Psalms 69:3
I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.
Psalms 73:10
For this reason they are full of bread; and water is ever flowing for them.
Psalms 88:8
You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.
Psalms 130:1
A Song of the going up. Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.
Lamentations 3:52
They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;
Lamentations 3:53
They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.
Lamentations 3:54
Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.
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Psalms 75:4
I say to the men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and to the sinners, Let not your horn be lifted up.
Psalms 75:5
Let not your horn be lifted up: let no more words of pride come from your outstretched necks.
Psalms 75:6
For honour does not come from the east, or from the west, or uplifting from the south;
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Psalms 107:35
He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.
Psalms 107:36
And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;
Psalms 107:37
And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.
Isaiah 35:6
Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.
Isaiah 35:7
And the burning sand will become a pool, and the dry earth springs of waters: the fields where the sheep take their food will become wet land, and water-plants will take the place of grass.
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Psalms 9:14
So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.
Psalms 116:13
I will take the cup of salvation, and give praise to the name of the Lord.
Psalms 116:14
I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people.
Psalms 116:15
Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Psalms 116:16
O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.
Psalms 116:17
I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord.
Psalms 116:18
I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;
Psalms 116:19
In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.
Isaiah 38:20
O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.
Luke 1:74
That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,
Luke 1:75
In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.
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Psalms 124:1
A Song of the going up. Of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);
Psalms 124:2
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;
Psalms 124:3
They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
Psalms 129:1
A Song of the going up. Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);
Psalms 129:2
Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.
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Joshua 3:12
So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.
Isaiah 8:8
And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; ***and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.
Amos 9:8
See, the eyes of the Lord are on the evil kingdom, and I will put an end to it in all the earth; but I will not send complete destruction on Jacob, says the Lord.
Amos 9:9
For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray, but not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.
Matthew 7:25
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
Matthew 7:26
And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
Matthew 7:27
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
Hebrews 11:29
By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it had been dry land, though the Egyptians were overcome by the water when they made an attempt to do the same.
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Exodus 15:23
And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.
Psalms 46:1
To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song. God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalms 50:15
Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
Psalms 77:10
And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will keep in mind the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Psalms 126:6
Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
Isaiah 42:15
I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants; and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land.
Isaiah 42:16
And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.
Isaiah 43:1
But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.
Matthew 5:4
Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.
John 6:39
And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day.
John 16:20
Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
Acts 26:22
And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;
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Isaiah 54:8
In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.
Isaiah 54:9
For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you.
Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.
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Lamentations 5:5
Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.
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Ezekiel 30:8
And they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have put a fire in Egypt and all her helpers are broken.
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Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the rule of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem, shutting it in with his forces.
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Daniel 3:19
Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: and he gave orders that the fire was to be heated up seven times more than it was generally heated.
Daniel 3:20
And he gave orders to certain strong men in his army to put cords on Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego and put them into the burning and flaming fire.
Daniel 3:21
Then these men had cords put round them as they were, in their coats, their trousers, their hats, and their clothing, and were dropped into the burning and flaming fire.
Daniel 3:22
And because the king's order was not to be put on one side, and the heat of the fire was so great, the men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego were burned to death by the flame of the fire.
Daniel 3:24
Then King Nebuchadnezzar, full of fear and wonder, got up quickly, and said to his wise men, Did we not put three men in cords into the fire? and they made answer and said to the king, True, O King.
Daniel 3:25
He made answer and said, Look! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not damaged; and the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
Daniel 3:26
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near the door of the burning and flaming fire: he made answer and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, you servants of the Most High God, come out and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came out of the fire.
Daniel 3:28
Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said, Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel and kept his servants safe who had faith in him, and who put the king's word on one side and gave up their bodies to the fire, so that they might not be servants or worshippers of any other god but their God.
Hebrews 11:34
Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.
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Daniel 6:16
Then the king gave the order, and they took Daniel and put him into the lions' hole. The king made answer and said to Daniel, Your God, whose servant you are at all times, will keep you safe.
Daniel 6:17
Then they got a stone and put it over the mouth of the hole, and it was stamped with the king's stamp and with the stamp of the lords, so that the decision about Daniel might not be changed.
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Isaiah 48:10
See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
Malachi 3:3
He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
Matthew 19:29
And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.
Luke 12:49
I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even now have been lighted.
Luke 21:19
By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.
Romans 5:5
And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
Romans 8:37
But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.
James 1:3
Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;
James 1:4
But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
James 5:11
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.
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John 3:5
Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
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Acts 2:24
But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
Acts 7:30
At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.
Acts 9:4
And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?
Revelation 1:15
And his feet like polished brass, as if it had been burned in a fire; and his voice was as the sound of great waters.
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1 Corinthians 3:11
For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:12
But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;
1 Corinthians 3:13
Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.
1 Corinthians 3:15
If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.
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Numbers 21:4
Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.
Deuteronomy 8:2
And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
Proverbs 17:3
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
Jeremiah 9:7
So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.
Matthew 3:11
Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
John 16:33
I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.
1 Thessalonians 3:4
And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.
Hebrews 12:1
For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
James 1:12
There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
1 Peter 4:13
But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.
Revelation 2:10
Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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