Pruning & Refining Bible Verses

JOHN 15:2

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. ...

HEBREWS 12:11

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. ...

PROVERBS 3:11-12

Proverbs 3:11: # My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs 3:12: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.
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JAMES 1:2-4

James 1:2: My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
James 1:3: Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
James 1:4: But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
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ROMANS 5:3-4

Romans 5:3: And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Romans 5:4: And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
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2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18

2 Corinthians 4:16: For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:17: For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;
2 Corinthians 4:18: While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.
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REVELATION 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. ...

MATTHEW 7:13-14

Matthew 7:13: # Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Matthew 7:14: Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
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PSALMS 66:10-12

Psalms 66:10: For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Psalms 66:11: Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
Psalms 66:12: Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy [place].
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1 PETER 1:6-7

1 Peter 1:6: Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Peter 1:7: 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:
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EZEKIEL 36:26

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. ...

ISAIAH 48:10

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. ...