Job 27:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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 Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, 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 earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:›
  • Jas 5:2 : 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
  • 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 vale, for abundance.
  • Job 22:24 : 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as 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 to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 27:17-20
    4 verses
    86%

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

    18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.

    19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.

    20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

  • 15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

  • Job 22:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

    25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

  • 6Shall 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 to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

  • Job 15:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

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

  • Job 3:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

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

  • 6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • 38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

  • 14It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.

  • Job 20:10-11
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    70%

    10¶ His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

    11His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

  • 19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

  • 19Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

  • 1¶ Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].

  • 9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].

  • Job 21:32-33
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    69%

    32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

    33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.

  • 26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

  • 4¶ Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

  • 15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

  • 21¶ [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.

  • 7¶ There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

  • 6The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

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

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

  • Job 20:26-27
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    26All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

    27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

  • 19How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?

  • 11[As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

  • Jas 5:2-3
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    68%

    2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

    3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

  • 12Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

  • 14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his hand.

  • 27He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.

  • 29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

  • 34[Is] not this laid up in store with me, [and] sealed up among my treasures?

  • 21‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›

  • 24Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

  • 6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, [and] hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

  • 23[Though] it be given him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.

  • 3And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

  • 18That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [therein].

  • 27And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;