Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
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- 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!
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17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
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24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
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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!
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28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
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14 With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
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6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
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14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
- Job 20:10-112 verses70%
10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
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19 They 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.
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19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
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1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
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9 Silver 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.
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32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
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26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
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15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
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21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his aise.
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7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
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6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
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19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
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10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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26 All 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.
27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
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19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
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2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your 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.
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12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
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14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
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27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
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29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
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34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
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21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
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24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
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6 They 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.
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23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
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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.
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18 That 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.
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27 And 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;