Job 28:1

Job's Discourse On Wisdom

¹ “Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place where they refine gold.
²
“Iron is taken out of the earth,
And copper is smelted from the stone ore.

Job

Genesis 2:11-12

The first [river] is named Pishon; it flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 23:15

“My lord, listen to me. The land [you seek] is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between you and me? So bury your dead.”

Genesis 24:22

When the camels had finished drinking, Eliezer took a gold ring weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets for her hands weighing ten shekels in gold,

1 Kings 7:48-50

Solomon made all the [other] furniture which was in the house of the Lord: the [incense] altar of gold; the table of gold on which was the bread of the Presence;

1 Kings 10:21

All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all 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.

1 Chronicles 29:2-5

So with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, silver for the things of silver, bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, as well as onyx stones and stones to be inlaid, stones of antimony (a brittle, silvery-white metal) and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.

Psalm 12:6

The words and promises of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold [to separate the impurities of the metal],
And each is tested by the praise given to him [and his response to it, whether humble or proud].

Isaiah 48:10

“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

Zechariah 13:9

“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will listen and answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Malachi 3:2-3

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like launderer’s soap [which removes impurities and uncleanness].

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, which is much more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested and purified by fire, may be found to result in [your] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.