1 Peter 1:7

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That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe,

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  • Isa 48:10 : 10 Beholde I haue purged thee, yet not as siluer, I haue chosen thee in the fire of affliction.
  • Prov 17:3 : 3 As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.
  • Job 23:10 : 10 But as for my way, he knoweth it, and tryeth me, that as the gold I may come foorth.
  • 1 Pet 4:12 : 12 Dearely beloued, thinke it not straunge concerning the fierie triall, which thing is to trye you, as though some straunge thyng happened vnto you.
  • Rom 2:7 : 7 To them, whiche by continuyng in well doyng seke for glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, eternall lyfe.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And the same third part wyl I bring through the fire, & wyl cleanse them as the siluer is cleansed, yea and trye them lyke as golde is tryed: then shal they call vpon my name and I wyll heare them, I wyll say it is my people, and they shall say, Lorde my God.
  • Rom 5:3-4 : 3 Not that only: but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience: 4 Pacience profe, profe hope:
  • 1 Cor 3:13 : 13 Euery mans worke shal appeare. The day shall declare it, because it shalbe reuealed by the fire: And the fire shall trie euery mans worke what it is.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: For when he is tryed, he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe, which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Unto him that is able to kepe you free from sinne, and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glory with ioy,
  • Jas 1:3-4 : 3 Knowyng (this) that the trying of your fayth worketh patience: 4 And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect & sounde, lackyng nothyng.
  • Rev 3:10 : 10 Because thou hast kept the wordes of my patience, therfore I wyll kepe thee from the houre of temptation, which wyll come vpon all the worlde, to trie them that dwel vpon the earth.
  • 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 By the which are geuen vnto vs excellent and most great promises, that by the meanes thereof, ye might be partakers of the godly nature, yf ye flee the corruption of worldly lust.
  • 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 And to you whiche are troubled, reste with vs, in the reuelation of the Lorde Iesus from heauen, with the Angels of his power, 8 In flamyng fire, rendryng vengeance vnto them that knowe not God, and that obey not the Gospell of our Lorde Iesus Christe. 9 Which shalbe punisshed with euerlastyng dampnation, from the presence of the Lorde, & fro the glorie of his power: 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saintes, and to be made marueylous in all them that beleue (because our testimonie toward you was beleued) in that day. 11 Wherfore also we praye alwayes for you, that our God woulde make you worthy of the callyng, & fulfyll all good pleasure of goodnesse in the worke of fayth in power: 12 That the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe may be glorified in you, and ye in hym, accordyng to the grace of our God, and the Lorde Iesus Christe.
  • Mal 3:3 : 3 And he shall sit downe to trye and fine the siluer, and he shal purge the children of Leui, and purifie them as golde and siluer: and they shal bring vnto the lorde offeringes in righteousnesse.
  • Luke 12:20-21 : 20 But God sayde vnto hym: Thou foole, this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe fro thee: Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided? 21 So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not ryche towardes God.
  • Jer 9:7 : 7 Therefore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes: Beholde, I wyll melt them and trye them: for what shoulde I els do to my people?
  • Jer 48:36 : 36 Wherefore my heart mourneth for Moab like a crowde playing an heauie song, and for the mens sake of Kirchares my heart mourneth also, euen as a pipe that pipeth a dolefull song: for their riches which they haue gathered, shalbe destroyed.
  • Eccl 5:14 : 14 For oft tymes they perishe with his great miserie and trouble: and yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothyng.
  • Ps 66:10-12 : 10 For thou O Lord hast proued vs: thou hast tryed vs, like as siluer is tryed. 11 Thou broughtest vs into the snare: and layde trouble vpon our loynes. 12 Thou sufferedst men to ride ouer our heades: we went through fire and water, and yet thou broughtest vs out into a pleasaunt place.
  • Prov 3:13-15 : 13 Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng: 14 For the marchaundise of it, is better then the marchaundise of siluer, and the gayne therof is better then golde. 15 She is more worth then pretious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
  • Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruite is better then golde and pretious stones, and mine encrease more worth then fine siluer.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell that ye haue, and geue almes: and prepare you bagges whiche waxe not olde, euen a treasure that fayleth not in heauen, where no thiefe cometh, neither moth corrupteth.
  • John 5:44 : 44 Howe can ye beleue, whiche receaue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that commeth of God only?
  • John 12:26 : 26 If any man minister vnto me, let hym folowe me: And where I am, there shall also my minister be. If any man minister vnto me, hym wyll my father honour.
  • Acts 8:20 : 20 But Peter sayde vnto him: Thy money perishe with thee, because thou hast thought that the gyfte of God may be obteyned with money.
  • Matt 19:28 : 28 Iesus sayde vnto them: veryly I say vnto you, that when the sonne of man shall syt in the throne of his maiestie, ye that haue folowed me in the regeneration, shall syt also vpon twelue seates, and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel.
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
  • Matt 25:23 : 23 His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith: I sayde, that thy house and the house of thy father should walke before me for euer: But nowe the Lorde saith, That be farre fro me: For them that worship me, I wyll worship, and they that despise me, shall come to shame.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a seruaunt and an Apostle of Iesus Christe, to them which haue obteined lyke precious faith with vs, thorowe the ryghteousnes of our god and sauiour Iesus Christe:
  • 2 Pet 3:10-12 : 10 Neuerthelesse the day of the Lorde wyll come as a theefe in the nyght, in the which the heauens shal passe away with a noyse, and the elementes shall melt with heate, the earth also and the workes that are therein shall burne. 11 Seyng then that all these thynges shall perisshe, what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersation and godlynesse: 12 Lokyng for, and hastyng vnto the comyng of the day of God, by whom the heauens shall perishe with fire, and the elementes shall melt with heate?
  • Rev 1:7 : 7 Beholde, he commeth with cloudes, and all eyes shall see hym, and they also which pearsed hym: And all kinredes of the earth shall wayle before hym. Euen so. Amen.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Feare none of those thynges, which thou shalt suffer: Beholde, the deuyll shall caste some of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall haue tribulation ten dayes. Be faythfull vnto the death, and I wyll geue thee a crowne of lyfe.
  • Jas 5:2-3 : 2 Your riches is corrupt, your garmentes are motheaten: 3 Your golde and siluer is cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a witnesse agaynst you, and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme.
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 To whom ye come, as vnto a lyuyng stone, disalowed of men, but chosen of God and precious:
  • 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 Unto you therfore which beleue, he is precious: but vnto them whiche beleue not, the stone which the buylders refused, the same is made the head of the corner:
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore iudge nothyng before the tyme, vntyll the Lorde come, who wyl lyghten thynges that are hyd in darkenesse, & open the counsels of the heartes, and then shall euery man haue prayse of God.
  • Rom 2:29 : 29 But he is a Iewe whiche is one inwardly, and the circumcisio of ye heart, which consisteth in the spirite, and not in the letter is circumcision whose prayse is not of men, but of God.
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel thee to bye of me gold tryed in the fyre, that thou mayest be riche, and whyte rayment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy fylthie nakednesse do not appeare, and annoynt thyne eyes with eye salue, that thou mayest see.
  • Rev 18:16-17 : 16 And saying: Alas, alas, that great citie, that was clothed in raynes, and purple, and skarlet, and decked with golde and precious stones, and pearles: 17 For at one houre so great ryches is come to naught. And euery shippe gouernour, & all they that occupie shippes, and shippemen which worke in the sea, stoode a farre of,

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