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with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
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and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
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then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.
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But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
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But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?
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No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
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The deep says, “It is not in me”; the sea says, “It is not with me.”
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It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
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It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
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Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.
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For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.
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All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the LORD and must go into his treasury.”
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Then they burned the whole city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
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When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
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Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.
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And he said, “I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder.” (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)
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They answered, “We’ll be glad to give them.” So they spread out a garment, and each of them threw a ring from his plunder onto it.
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The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels, not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains that were on their camels’ necks.
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Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.
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When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the LORD for my son to make an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you.”
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So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol. And it was put in Micah’s house.
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How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at every street corner.
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How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
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set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel ;
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for a female, set her value at thirty shekels ;
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for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels and of a female at ten shekels ;
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for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels of silver and that of a female at three shekels of silver;
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for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels and of a female at ten shekels.
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He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,
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On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
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“Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts—
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“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’
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You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
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Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!
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Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls and 530 garments for priests.
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Some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
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The total given by the rest of the people was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver and 67 garments for priests.
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His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with the finest flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;
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one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
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These were the offerings of the Israelite leaders for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver plates, twelve silver sprinkling bowls and twelve gold dishes.
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Each silver plate weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each sprinkling bowl seventy shekels. Altogether, the silver dishes weighed two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
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The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel. Altogether, the gold dishes weighed a hundred and twenty shekels.
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But Balaam answered them, “Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
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So we have brought as an offering to the LORD the gold articles each of us acquired—armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
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and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
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for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
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Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,
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My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.
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The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
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How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!
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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
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A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
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Remove the dross from the silver, and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
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Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given.
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Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
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And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.
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They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.
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Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”
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He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
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The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
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Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,
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The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands.
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I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
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The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.
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The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.
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cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;
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The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.
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The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
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the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
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The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.