Job 27:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,

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Referenced Verses

  • Zech 9:3 : 3 For Tyrus did build her selfe a strong holde, and heaped vp siluer as the dust, and golde as the myre of the streetes.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Lay not vp treasures for your selues vpon the earth, where the mothe & canker corrupt, and where theeues digge through and steale.
  • Jas 5:2 : 2 Your riches are corrupt, and your garments are moth eaten.
  • 1 Kgs 10:27 : 27 And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem as stones, and gaue cedars as the wilde figtrees that growe abundantly in the plaine.
  • Job 22:24 : 24 Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? howe long? and hee that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay?

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  • Job 27:17-20
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    86%

    17He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.

    18He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.

    19When the rich man sleepeth, he shal not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

    20Terrours shal take him as waters, & a tempest shall cary him away by night.

  • Job 27:15
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    15His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.

  • Job 22:24-25
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    75%

    24Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.

    25Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.

  • Hab 2:6
    72%

    6Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? howe long? and hee that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay?

  • Job 15:28-29
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    72%

    28Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,

    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.

  • Job 3:14-15
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    71%

    14With the Kings & counselers of the earth, which haue buylded themselues desolate places:

    15Or with the princes that had golde, and haue filled their houses with siluer.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

  • Job 38:38
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    38When the earth groweth into hardnesse, and the clottes are fast together?

  • Job 38:14
    70%

    14It is turned as clay to facion, and all stand vp as a garment.

  • Job 20:10-11
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    10His children shall flatter the poore, & his hands shall restore his substance.

    11His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shal lie downe with him in the dust.

  • Ezek 7:19
    69%

    19They shall cast their siluer in the streetes, and their golde shalbe cast farre off: their siluer and their gold can not deliuer them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfie their soules, neither fill their bowels: for this ruine is for their iniquitie.

  • Job 36:19
    69%

    19Wil he regard thy riches? he regardeth not golde, nor all them that excel in strength.

  • Job 28:1
    69%

    1The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.

  • Jer 10:9
    69%

    9Siluer plates are brought from Tarshish, & golde from Vphaz, for the worke of the workeman, and the handes of the founder: the blewe silke, and the purple is their clothing: all these things are made by cunning men.

  • Job 21:32-33
    2 verses
    69%

    32Yet shal he be brought to the graue, & remaine in the heape.

    33The slimie valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shal draw after him, as before him there were innumerable.

  • Job 21:26
    69%

    26They shal sleepe both in the dust, & the wormes shal couer them.

  • Prov 25:4
    69%

    4Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shall proceede a vessell for the finer.

  • Job 16:15
    69%

    15I haue sowed a sackcloth vpon my skinne, and haue abased mine horne vnto the dust.

  • Prov 27:21
    69%

    21As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.

  • Job 28:6
    68%

    6The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.

  • Job 30:19
    68%

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

  • Eccl 5:10
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    10(5:9) He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.

  • Job 20:26-27
    2 verses
    68%

    26All darkenes shalbe hid in his secret places: the fire that is not blowen, shall deuoure him, and that which remaineth in his tabernacle, shalbe destroyed.

    27The heauen shal declare his wickednes, & the earth shal rise vp against him.

  • Job 4:19
    68%

    19Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?

  • Jer 17:11
    68%

    11As the partryche gathereth the yong, which she hath not brought forth: so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leaue them in the middes of his dayes, and at his ende shall bee a foole.

  • Jas 5:2-3
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    68%

    2Your riches are corrupt, and your garments are moth eaten.

    3Your gold and siluer is cankred, & the rust of them shalbe a witnesse against you, and shall eate your flesh, as it were fire. Ye haue heaped vp treasure for the last dayes.

  • Job 13:12
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    12Your memories may be compared vnto ashes, and your bodyes to bodyes of clay.

  • Eccl 5:14
    68%

    14(5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

  • Job 41:27
    67%

    27(41:18) He esteemeth yron as strawe, and brasse as rotten wood.

  • Lam 3:29
    67%

    29He putteth his mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.

  • Deut 32:34
    67%

    34Is not this laide in store with me, and sealed vp among my treasures?

  • Luke 12:21
    67%

    21So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.

  • Job 30:24
    67%

    24Doubtles none can stretch his hand vnto the graue, though they cry in his destruction.

  • Isa 46:6
    67%

    6They draw gold out of the bagge & weigh siluer in the balance, and hire a goldsmith to make a god of it, and they bowe downe, and worship it.

  • Job 24:23
    67%

    23Though men giue him assurance to be in safetie, yet his eyes are vpon their wayes.

  • Zech 9:3
    67%

    3For Tyrus did build her selfe a strong holde, and heaped vp siluer as the dust, and golde as the myre of the streetes.

  • Job 20:18
    67%

    18He shal restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, & he shal enioy it no more.

  • 2 Chr 32:27
    67%

    27Hezekiah also had exceeding much riches and honour, and he gate him treasures of siluer, and of golde, and of precious stones, and of sweete odours, and of shieldes, and of all pleasant vessels: