Job 28:1

Catholic Public Domain Version

Silver has its fissures where it is first found, and gold has a place where it is melted.

Cross References

Genesis 23:15

The land that you request is worth four hundred shekels of silver. This is the price between me and you. But how much is this? Bury your dead."

Genesis 24:22

Then, after the camels drank, the man took out gold earrings, weighing two shekels, and the same number of bracelets, ten shekels in weight.

1 Kings 10:21

Moreover, all the vessels from which king Solomon would drink were of gold. And all the items in the house of the forest of Lebanon were of the purest gold. There was no silver, nor was any accounting made of silver in the days of Solomon.

Job 27:23

He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.

Job 28:2

Iron is taken from the earth, and ore, unbound by heat, is turned into brass.

Psalm 12:6

But I have hoped in your mercy. My heart will exult in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, who assigns good things to me. And I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord Most High.

Proverbs 17:3

Just as silver is tested by fire, and gold is tested in the furnace, so also does the Lord test hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.

Isaiah 48:10

Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will lead the third part through fire, and I will burn them just as silver is burned, and I will test them just as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will heed them. I will say, "You are my people." And they will say, "The Lord is my God."

1 Peter 1:7

so that the testing of your faith, which is much more precious than gold tested by fire, may be found in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.