Passage cross-references.

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. …

Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. …

Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. …

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: