Job 28:1

God's Word

“There is a place where silver is mined and a place where gold is refined.

Cross References

Genesis 23:15

“Sir, listen to me. The land is worth ten pounds of silver. What is that between us? Bury your wife!”

Genesis 24:22

When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a fifth of an ounce and two gold bracelets weighing four ounces.

1 Kings 10:21

All King Solomon’s cups were gold, and all the utensils for the hall ⌞which he called⌟ the Forest of Lebanon were fine gold. (Nothing was silver, because it wasn’t considered valuable in Solomon’s time.)

Job 27:23

It claps its hands over him. It whistles at him from his own place.

Job 28:2

Iron is taken from the ground, and rocks are melted for ⌞their⌟ copper.

Psalm 12:6

The promises of the Lord are pure, like silver refined in a furnace and purified seven times.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for refining silver and the smelter for gold, but the one who purifies hearts ⌞by fire⌟ is the Lord.

Proverbs 27:21

The crucible is for refining silver and the smelter for gold, but a person ⌞is tested⌟ by the praise given to him.

Isaiah 48:10

I have refined you, but not like silver. I have tested you in the furnace of suffering.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring this third ⌞of the people⌟ through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined. I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

1 Peter 1:7

The purpose of these troubles is to test your faith as fire tests how genuine gold is. Your faith is more precious than gold, and by passing the test, it gives praise, glory, and honor to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ appears again.