Job 22:24

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

and throw your gold in the dust– your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines–

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 9:28 : 28 They sailed to Ophir, took from there 420 talents of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.
  • Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir.
  • Gen 10:29 : 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
  • 1 Kgs 10:21 : 21 All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.
  • 1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.
  • 2 Chr 1:5 : 5 But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, was in front of the LORD’s tabernacle. Solomon and the entire assembly prayed to him there.)
  • 2 Chr 9:10 : 10 (Huram’s servants, aided by Solomon’s servants, brought gold from Ophir, as well as fine timber and precious gems.
  • 2 Chr 9:27 : 27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.
  • Job 31:25 : 25 if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,
  • Ps 45:9 : 9 Princesses are among your honored women, your bride stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 22:25-26
    2 verses
    81%

    25then the Almighty himself will be your gold, and the choicest silver for you.

    26Surely then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face toward God.

  • Job 22:21-23
    3 verses
    79%

    21“Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

    22Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart.

    23If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent,

  • Job 28:6
    78%

    6a place whose stones are sapphires and which contains dust of gold;

  • Job 27:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

    17what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

  • Job 31:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24“If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold,‘You are my security!’

    25if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1III. Job’s Search for Wisdom(28:1-28)No Known Road to Wisdom“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

    2Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.

  • Job 36:19
    73%

    19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

  • Prov 2:4
    72%

    4if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

  • Ezek 28:4
    72%

    4By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

  • Job 3:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate,

    15or with princes who possessed gold, who filled their palaces with silver.

  • Jas 5:3
    71%

    3Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!

  • Job 28:19
    70%

    19The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold.

  • Ezek 7:19
    70%

    19They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the LORD’s fury. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth was the obstacle leading to their iniquity.

  • Deut 32:34
    70%

    34“Is this not stored up with me?” says the LORD,“Is it not sealed up in my storehouses?

  • Job 28:15-17
    3 verses
    70%

    15Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

    16It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires.

    17Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth.

  • Job 11:15-18
    4 verses
    70%

    15For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

    16For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.

    17And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.

    18And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety.

  • Lam 4:1
    70%

    1א(Alef)The Prophet Speaks: Alas! Gold has lost its luster; pure gold loses value. Jewels are scattered on every street corner.

  • Prov 25:4
    70%

    4Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;

  • Job 38:22
    70%

    22Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail,

  • Isa 30:22
    70%

    22You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them,“Get out!”

  • Isa 13:12
    70%

    12I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir.

  • Job 22:11
    70%

    11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

  • Gen 2:12
    69%

    12(The gold of that land is pure; pearls and lapis lazuli are also there).

  • Nah 2:9
    69%

    9Her conquerors cry out:“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing.

  • Prov 1:13
    69%

    13We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

  • Job 23:10
    69%

    10But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

  • Zech 9:3
    69%

    3Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!

  • Song 1:11
    69%

    11We will make for you gold ornaments studded with silver.

  • Prov 22:1
    69%

    1A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.

  • Prov 3:14
    69%

    14For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold.

  • Prov 20:15
    69%

    15There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.

  • Matt 6:19
    69%

    19Lasting Treasure“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and devouring insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

  • Job 38:38
    69%

    38when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?

  • 1 Chr 22:14
    69%

    14Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the LORD’s temple. I have stored up 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!

  • Job 8:6
    69%

    6if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous home.

  • Deut 14:25
    68%

    25you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the LORD your God chooses for himself.

  • Prov 8:10
    68%

    10Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.