1Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.

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1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 1:7, Isaiah 48:10, Malachi 3:2, Malachi 3:3

2Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.

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Deuteronomy 8:9, Deuteronomy 8:9, Genesis 4:22, Numbers 31:22, Genesis 4:22

3He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.

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Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 1:13, Proverbs 2:4, Job 12:22, Job 10:21

4The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.

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5The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.

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Isaiah 28:25, Isaiah 28:29, Isaiah 28:25, Isaiah 28:29, Psalms 104:14

6The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.

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Job 28:16, Exodus 24:10, Job 28:16, Exodus 24:10, Isaiah 54:11

7The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.

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Job 11:6, Job 11:6, Job 38:19, Job 28:21, Job 28:23

8The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.

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9He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.

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Nahum 1:4, Nahum 1:6, Nahum 1:4, Nahum 1:6

10In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.

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Proverbs 14:23, Habakkuk 3:9, Proverbs 24:4, Proverbs 14:23, Habakkuk 3:9

11The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.

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1 Corinthians 4:5, Isaiah 45:2, Isaiah 45:3, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Isaiah 45:2

12But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?

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Job 28:20, James 1:5, Proverbs 2:4, Proverbs 2:6, Job 28:20

13Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.

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Psalms 119:72, Job 28:21, Job 28:22, Proverbs 8:18, Proverbs 8:19

14The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.

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Romans 11:33, Romans 11:34, Romans 11:33, Romans 11:34

15The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

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Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 8:10, Proverbs 8:11, Proverbs 3:13

16It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

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Isaiah 13:12, Ezekiel 28:13, Psalms 45:9, Isaiah 13:12, Ezekiel 28:13

17Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.

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Revelation 22:1, Revelation 22:1, Revelation 21:11, Proverbs 16:16, Ezekiel 1:22

18High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.

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Proverbs 3:15, Proverbs 3:15, Ezekiel 27:16, Proverbs 31:10, Lamentations 4:7

19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.

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Exodus 39:10, Ezekiel 28:13, Proverbs 8:19, Exodus 28:17, Exodus 39:10

20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

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James 1:5, Job 28:12, James 1:5, Job 28:12, Job 28:28

21It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.

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Psalms 49:3, Psalms 49:4, 1 Corinthians 2:7, 1 Corinthians 2:10, Matthew 11:25

22Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.

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Job 26:6, Psalms 83:10, Psalms 83:12, Job 26:6, Psalms 83:10

23God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.

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Proverbs 8:22, Proverbs 8:31, Proverbs 8:22, Proverbs 8:31, 1 Corinthians 1:30

24For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.

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Proverbs 15:3, Proverbs 15:3, Zechariah 4:10, Zechariah 4:10, 2 Chronicles 16:9

25Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.

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Psalms 135:7, Psalms 135:7, Isaiah 40:12, Isaiah 40:12, Job 12:15

26When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.

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Job 38:25, Job 38:25, Job 37:3, Job 37:3, Zechariah 10:1

27Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.

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Psalms 19:1, Psalms 19:1, Proverbs 8:22, Proverbs 8:29, Proverbs 8:22

28And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.

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Psalms 111:10, Psalms 111:10, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 9:10