Job 27:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares clothing as the clay;

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  • Zech 9:3 : 3 And Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the dirt of the streets.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in 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 as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar made he as plentiful as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
  • Job 22:24 : 24 Then you shall 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 who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay!

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  • Job 27:17-20
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    86%

    17He may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

    18He builds his house like a moth, and like a booth that a keeper makes.

    19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

    20Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest steals him away in the night.

  • Job 27:15
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    15Those who survive him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

  • Job 22:24-25
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    24Then you shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

    25Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.

  • Hab 2:6
    72%

    6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay!

  • Job 15:28-29
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    28And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no one inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.

    29He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

  • Job 3:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14With kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves;

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

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Job 38:38
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    38When the dust hardens into clumps, and the clods cling together?

  • Job 38:14
    70%

    14It is changed like clay under the seal; and they stand out like a garment.

  • Job 20:10-11
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    70%

    10His 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.

  • Ezek 7:19
    69%

    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, nor fill their stomachs, because it is the stumbling block of their iniquity.

  • Job 36:19
    69%

    19Will he value your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

  • Job 28:1
    69%

    1Surely there is a source for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

  • Jer 10:9
    69%

    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 are their clothing: they are all the work of skilled men.

  • Job 21:32-33
    2 verses
    69%

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

    33The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; everyone shall follow him, as countless before him.

  • Job 21:26
    69%

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

  • Prov 25:4
    69%

    4Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for the refiner will appear.

  • Job 16:15
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    15I have sewn sackcloth upon my skin and defiled my horn in the dust.

  • Prov 27:21
    69%

    21As the refining pot tests silver, and the furnace tests gold, so a man is tested by his praise.

  • Prov 13:7
    68%

    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

  • Job 28:6
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    6Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

  • Job 30:19
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    19He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

  • Eccl 5:10
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    10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

  • Job 20:26-27
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    26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains 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 less in those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

  • Jer 17:11
    68%

    11As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets 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 moth-eaten.

    3Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days.

  • Job 13:12
    68%

    12Your remembrances are like ashes, your defenses to defenses of clay.

  • Eccl 5:14
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    14But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Job 41:27
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    27He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

  • Lam 3:29
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    29He puts his mouth in the dust, there may yet be hope.

  • Deut 32:34
    67%

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

  • Luke 12:21
    67%

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

  • Job 30:24
    67%

    24However, He will not stretch out His hand to the grave, though they cry out in their destruction.

  • Isa 46:6
    67%

    6They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship.

  • Job 24:23
    67%

    23Though it be given him to be in safety, on which he rests, yet his eyes are on their ways.

  • Zech 9:3
    67%

    3And Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the dirt of the streets.

  • Job 20:18
    67%

    18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.

  • 2 Chr 32:27
    67%

    27Hezekiah had great riches and honor, and he made himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of beautiful items;