Job 22:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 9:28 : 28 And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.
  • Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.
  • Gen 10:29 : 29 And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
  • 1 Kgs 10:21 : 21 And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.
  • 1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber.
  • 2 Chr 1:5 : 5 And the altar of brass which Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the Tent of the Lord; and Solomon and all the people went to give worship there.
  • 2 Chr 9:10 : 10 And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.
  • 2 Chr 9:27 : 27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
  • Job 31:25 : 25 If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
  • Ps 45:9 : 9 Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.

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  • Job 22:25-26
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    25 Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver;

    26 For then you will have delight in the Ruler of all, and your face will be lifted up to God.

  • Job 22:21-23
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    21 Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

    22 Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.

    23 If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;

  • 6 Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

  • Job 27:16-17
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    16 Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;

    17 He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

  • Job 31:24-25
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    24 If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

    25 If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;

  • Job 28:1-2
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    1 Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

    2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

  • 19 ...

  • 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

  • 4 By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:

  • Job 3:14-15
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    14 With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

    15 Or with rulers who had gold, and whose houses were full of silver;

  • 3 Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.

  • 19 The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.

  • 19 They will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.

  • 34 Is not this among my secrets, kept safe in my store-house?

  • Job 28:15-17
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    15 Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

    16 It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

    17 Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

  • Job 11:15-18
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    15 Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

    16 For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:

    17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

    18 And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

  • 1 How dark has the gold become! how changed the best gold! the stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.

  • 4 Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.

  • 22 Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops,

  • 22 And you will make unclean what is covering your pictured images of silver, and the plating of your images of gold: you will send them away as an unclean thing, saying, Be gone!

  • 12 I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.

  • 11 Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

  • 12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

  • 9 But Nineveh is like a pool of water whose waters are flowing away; Keep your place, they say; but no one is turning back.

  • 13 Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;

  • 10 For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

  • 3 And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.

  • 11 We will make you chains of gold with ornaments of silver.

  • 1 A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

  • 14 For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

  • 15 There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

  • 19 Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

  • 38 When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?

  • 14 Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.

  • 6 If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.

  • 25 Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;

  • 10 Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.