1Truly there is a vein for silver, And a place for gold, which men refine.

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

2Iron is obtained from earth, And stone is melted into copper.

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

3Man putteth an end to darkness; He searcheth to the lowest depths For the stone of darkness and the shadow of death.

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

4From the place where they dwell they open a shaft; Forgotten by the feet, They hang down, they swing away from men.

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5The earth, out of which cometh bread, Is torn up underneath, as it were by fire.

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

6Her stones are the place of sapphires, And she hath clods of gold for man.

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

7The path thereto no bird knoweth, And the vulture’s eye hath not seen it;

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

8The fierce wild beast hath not trodden it; The lion hath not passed over it.

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9Man layeth his hand upon the rock; He upturneth mountains from their roots;

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

10He cleaveth out streams in the rocks, And his eye seeth every precious thing;

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

11He bindeth up the streams, that they trickle not, And bringeth hidden things 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 shall wisdom 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, Nor can it be found in the land of the living.

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

14The deep 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

15It cannot be gotten for gold, Nor shall silver be weighed out as the price thereof.

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

16It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx or the sapphire.

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

17Gold and crystal are not to be compared with it; Nor can it be purchased with jewels of fine gold.

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

18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; For wisdom is more precious than pearls.

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

19The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be purchased with pure gold.

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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

21Since it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the fowls of the air.

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

22Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.

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

23God knoweth the way to it; He knoweth its dwelling-place.

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

24For he seeth to the ends of the earth, And surveyeth all things under the whole heaven.

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

25When he gave the winds their weight, And meted out 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 prescribed a law to the rain, And a path to the thunder-flash,—

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

27Then did he see it, and make it known; He established it, and searched it out.

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

28But he said unto 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