Examples of Scriptures Indicating the Refining Value of Suffering

Job 23:10 But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come out like gold.

Psalm 66:10 For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

Proverbs 17:3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the hearts.

Isaiah 1:25 I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin [inferior metal].

Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore the Lord of Armies says, Behold, I will melt them, and try them . . .

Zechariah 13:9 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘the Lord is my God.’

Malachi 3:3  . . . he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to the Lord offerings in righteousness.