Job 27:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;

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Referenced Verses

  • Zech 9:3 : 3 And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
  • Jas 5:2 : 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
  • 1 Kgs 10:27 : 27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
  • Job 22:24 : 24 And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, And [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges! [

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    17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

    18He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

    19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers] ; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

    20Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

  • Job 27:15
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    15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

  • Job 22:24-25
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    24And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, And [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

    25And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.

  • Hab 2:6
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  • Job 15:28-29
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    28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

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  • Job 3:14-15
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    14With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

    15Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:

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    6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • Job 38:38
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    38When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

  • Job 38:14
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    14It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:

  • Job 20:10-11
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    10His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

    11His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

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    19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

  • Job 36:19
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    19Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?

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    1Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.

  • Jer 10:9
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    9There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

  • Job 21:32-33
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    32Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.

    33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.

  • Job 21:26
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    26They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.

  • Prov 25:4
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    4Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

  • Job 16:15
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    15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

  • Prov 27:21
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    21The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

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    6The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.

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    19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

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    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

  • Job 20:26-27
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    26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

    27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

  • Job 4:19
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    19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

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    11As the partridge that sitteth on [eggs] which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

  • Jas 5:2-3
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    2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

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    12Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.

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    14and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Job 41:27
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    27He counteth iron as straw, [And] brass as rotten wood.

  • Lam 3:29
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    29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

  • Deut 32:34
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    34Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?

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    21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Job 30:24
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    24Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

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    6Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.

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    23[ God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.

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    3And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

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    27And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels;