Alchemy

4 passages

1. Proverbs 27:21

   A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

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2. Revelation 2:17

   He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

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3. Revelation 3:18

   I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

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4. Mark 8:36

   What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

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