Job 28:1

New Century Version

“There are mines where people dig silver and places where gold is made pure.

Cross References

Genesis 23:15

“Sir, the land is worth ten pounds of silver, but I won’t argue with you over the price. Take the land, and bury your dead wife.”

Genesis 24:22

After the camels had finished drinking, he gave Rebekah a gold ring weighing one-fifth of an ounce and two gold arm bracelets weighing about four ounces each.

1 Kings 10:21

All of Solomon’s drinking cups, as well as the dishes in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon, were made of pure gold. Nothing was made from silver, because silver was not valuable in Solomon’s time.

Job 27:23

It will be as if the wind is clapping its hands; it will whistle at them as they run from their place.

Job 28:2

Iron is taken from the ground, and copper is melted out of rocks.

Psalm 12:6

The Lord’s words are pure, like silver purified by fire, like silver purified seven times over.

Proverbs 17:3

A hot furnace tests silver and gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

A hot furnace tests silver and gold, and people are tested by the praise they receive.

Isaiah 48:10

I have made you pure, but not by fire, as silver is made pure. I have purified you by giving you troubles.

Zechariah 13:9

The third that is left I will test with fire, purifying them like silver, testing them like gold. Then they will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘You are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

1 Peter 1:7

These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you.