Job 28:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

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  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!
  • Ezek 1:22 : 22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of an awesome crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
  • Rev 4:6 : 6 Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. In the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.
  • Rev 21:11 : 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 And he showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:12-16
    5 verses
    90%

    12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

    13Man does not know its value; nor is it found in the land of the living.

    14The depth says, 'It is not in me'; and the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

    15It cannot be bought with gold, nor shall silver be weighed for its price.

    16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

  • Job 28:18-20
    3 verses
    89%

    18No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

    19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.

    20From where then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.

  • Prov 3:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold.

    15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared to her.

  • Job 28:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

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

    7There is a path that no bird knows, and the vulture's eye has not seen:

  • Prov 20:15
    76%

    15There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

  • Job 36:19
    73%

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

  • Gen 2:12
    72%

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

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

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

    2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is melted from the stone.

  • Rev 18:12
    71%

    12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood, and all types of vessels of ivory, and all kinds of vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

  • Job 22:24
    70%

    24Then you shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

  • Jer 10:9
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 16:16
    70%

    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

  • Exod 28:17-20
    4 verses
    70%

    17And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald;

    18the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

    19the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

    20and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.

  • Prov 31:10
    69%

    10Who can find a virtuous woman? For her worth is far above rubies.

  • Song 1:11
    69%

    11We will make you borders of gold with studs of silver.

  • Prov 11:22
    69%

    22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a lovely woman without discretion.

  • Prov 8:19
    69%

    19My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21
    68%

    21And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

  • Ezek 28:4
    68%

    4With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, and gathered gold and silver into your treasures:

  • Rev 21:20
    68%

    20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

  • Isa 13:12
    68%

    12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

  • Prov 22:1
    68%

    1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

  • Ezek 27:16
    68%

    16Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they occupied in your markets with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate.

  • Lam 4:1
    68%

    1How has the gold become dim! How is the finest gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the top of every street.

  • Eccl 5:10
    68%

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

  • Job 3:15
    67%

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

  • Ezek 7:19
    67%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
    67%

    20All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.

  • Prov 17:8
    67%

    8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.

  • Rev 21:18
    67%

    18And the construction of its wall was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

  • Exod 25:7
    67%

    7Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

  • Song 5:14
    67%

    14His hands are like gold rings set with beryl: his body is like bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

  • Prov 2:4
    67%

    4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

  • Prov 25:4
    67%

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

  • 1 Chr 29:2
    66%

    2Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the bronze for things of bronze, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistening stones, and of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.