Verse 16

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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!