Bible Cross References
this therefore
Isaiah 1:24
So now, listen to what the LORD Almighty, Israel's powerful God, is saying: "I will take revenge on you, my enemies, and you will cause me no more trouble.
Isaiah 1:25
I will take action against you. I will purify you the way metal is refined, and will remove all your impurity.
Isaiah 4:4
By his power the Lord will judge and purify the nation and wash away the guilt of Jerusalem and the blood that has been shed there.
Isaiah 48:10
I have tested you in the fire of suffering, as silver is refined in a furnace. But I have found that you are worthless.
Psalm 119:67
Before you punished me, I used to go wrong, but now I obey your word.
Psalm 119:71
My punishment was good for me, because it made me learn your commands.
Proverbs 20:30
Sometimes it takes a painful experience to make us change our ways.
Ezekiel 20:38
I will take away from among you those who are rebellious and sinful. I will take them out of the lands where they are living now, but I will not let them return to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD."
Ezekiel 24:13
Jerusalem, your immoral actions have defiled you. Although I tried to purify you, you remained defiled. You will not be pure again until you have felt the full force of my anger.
Daniel 11:35
Some of those wise leaders will be killed, but as a result of this the people will be purified. This will continue until the end comes, the time that God has set.
Malachi 3:2
But who will be able to endure the day when he comes? Who will be able to survive when he appears? He will be like strong soap, like a fire that refines metal.
Malachi 3:3
He will come to judge like one who refines and purifies silver. As a metalworker refines silver and gold, so the LORD's messenger will purify the priests, so that they will bring to the LORD the right kind of offerings.
1 Corinthians 11:32
But we are judged and punished by the Lord, so that we shall not be condemned together with the world.
Hebrews 12:6
Because the Lord corrects everyone he loves, and punishes everyone he accepts as a child."
Hebrews 12:9-11
9
In the case of our human fathers, they punished us and we respected them. How much more, then, should we submit to our spiritual Father and live!
10
Our human fathers punished us for a short time, as it seemed right to them; but God does it for our own good, so that we may share his holiness.
11
When we are punished, it seems to us at the time something to make us sad, not glad. Later, however, those who have been disciplined by such punishment reap the peaceful reward of a righteous life.
when
2 Kings 25:9
He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem,
2 Kings 25:13-17
13
The Babylonians broke in pieces the bronze columns and the carts that were in the Temple, together with the large bronze tank, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
14
They also took away the shovels and the ash containers used in cleaning the altar, the tools used in tending the lamps, the bowls used for catching the blood from the sacrifices, the bowls used for burning incense, and all the other bronze articles used in the Temple service.
15
They took away everything that was made of gold or silver, including the small bowls and the pans used for carrying live coals.
16
The bronze objects that King Solomon had made for the Temple---the two columns, the carts, and the large tank---were too heavy to weigh.
17
The two columns were identical: each one was 27 feet high, with a bronze capital on top, 4 1/2 feet high. All around each capital was a bronze grillwork decorated with pomegranates made of bronze.
2 Chronicles 36:19
He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces and its wealth, and broke down the city wall.
Ezra 3:2
and Joshua son of Jehozadak, his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, together with his relatives, rebuilt the altar of the God of Israel, so that they could burn sacrifices on it according to the instructions written in the Law of Moses, the man of God.
Ezra 3:3
Even though the returning exiles were afraid of the people who were living in the land, they rebuilt the altar where it had stood before. Then they began once again to burn on it the regular morning and evening sacrifices.
Ezekiel 11:18
When they return, they are to get rid of all the filthy, disgusting idols they find.
Ezekiel 24:11-14
11
Now set the empty bronze pot on the coals and let it get red-hot. Then the pot will be ritually pure again after the corrosion is burned off,
12
although all that corrosion will not disappear in the flames.
13
Jerusalem, your immoral actions have defiled you. Although I tried to purify you, you remained defiled. You will not be pure again until you have felt the full force of my anger.
14
I, the LORD, have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not ignore your sins or show pity or be merciful. You will be punished for what you have done." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
the groves
Isaiah 1:29
You will be sorry that you ever worshiped trees and planted sacred gardens.
Isaiah 2:12-21
12
On that day the LORD Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited.
13
He will destroy the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks in the land of Bashan.
14
He will level the high mountains and hills,
15
every high tower, and the walls of every fortress.
16
He will sink even the largest and most beautiful ships.
17
Human pride will be ended, and human arrogance will be destroyed. Idols will completely disappear, and the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.
19
People will hide in caves in the rocky hills or dig holes in the ground to try to escape from the LORD's anger and to hide from his power and glory, when he comes to shake the earth.
20
When that day comes, they will throw away the gold and silver idols they have made, and abandon them to the moles and the bats.
21
When the LORD comes to shake the earth, people will hide in holes and caves in the rocky hills to try to escape from his anger and to hide from his power and glory.
Isaiah 17:8
They will no longer rely on the altars they made with their own hands, or trust in their own handiwork---symbols of the goddess Asherah and altars for burning incense.
Hosea 14:8
The people of Israel will have nothing more to do with idols; I will answer their prayers and take care of them. Like an evergreen tree I will shelter them; I am the source of all their blessings."
Micah 5:13
I will destroy your idols and sacred stone pillars; no longer will you worship the things that you yourselves have made.
Micah 5:14
I will pull down the images of the goddess Asherah in your land and destroy your cities.
Zechariah 13:2
At that time I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and no one will remember them any more. I will get rid of anyone who claims to be a prophet and will take away the desire to worship idols.
images
2 Chronicles 14:5
Because he abolished the pagan places of worship and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, the kingdom was at peace under his rule.
2 Chronicles 34:4
Under his direction the altars where Baal was worshiped were smashed, and the incense altars near them were torn down. They ground to dust the images of Asherah and all the other idols and then scattered the dust on the graves of the people who had sacrificed to them.