Job 28:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

Cross References

Genesis 23:15

“My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

Genesis 24:22

When the camels had done drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels,

1 Kings 10:21

All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver, it was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.

Job 27:23

It claps its hands at him, and hisses at him from its place.

Job 28:2

Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore.

Psalm 12:6

The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tries hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is judged by his praise.

Isaiah 48:10

Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.