Job 27:16

God's Word

Though he collects silver like dust and piles up clothing like dirt,

Cross References

1 Kings 10:27

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills.

Esther 8:1

On that same day King Xerxes gave the property of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Also, Mordecai came to the king because Esther had told him how Mordecai was related to her.

Job 15:29

He won’t get rich, and his wealth won’t last. His possessions won’t spread out over the land.

Job 20:10

His children will have to ask the poor for help. His own hands will have to give back his wealth.

Job 22:24

and lay your gold down in the dust, and put your gold from Ophir among the pebbles in the rivers,

Job 27:15

Those who survive him will be buried by a plague, and their widows won’t cry ⌞for them⌟.

Job 27:17

righteous people will wear what he piles up, and the innocent will divide the silver ⌞among themselves⌟.

Job 3:15

I would be with princes who had gold, who filled their homes with silver.

Proverbs 13:22

Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners is stored away for a righteous person.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to anyone who pleases him. But to the person who continues to sin, he gives the job of gathering and collecting ⌞wealth⌟. The sinner must turn his wealth over to the person who pleases God. Even this is pointless. ⌞It’s like⌟ trying to catch the wind.

Habakkuk 2:6

Won’t all of them ridicule him, directing clever sayings and riddles at him, like: “ ‘How horrible it will be for the one who makes himself rich with what is not his own and makes himself wealthy on loans. How long will this go on?’

Zephaniah 1:11

“Howl, inhabitants of the Mortar, because all the merchants will be destroyed and all who handle money will be killed.

Zechariah 9:3

Tyre built itself a fortress. It piled up silver like dust and gold like mud in the streets.

Matthew 6:19

“Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal.

James 5:2

Your riches have decayed, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.