Precious Metals

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Precious Metals

23 verses13 books7 themes

Precious Metals

Gold, silver, and precious stones as symbols of God's glory, refinement, and eternal value.

A study on the biblical significance of gold, silver, bronze, precious stones and gems — as materials of worship, symbols of refinement, and images of divine glory.

All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Summary by Book

Old Testament

Genesis

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Genesis 2:11
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The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:12
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And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there.

Exodus

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Exodus 25:3
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And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze.

Job

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Job 23:10
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But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 28:15
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It cannot be purchased for gold, nor can silver be weighed for its price.

Job 28:17
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Neither gold nor crystal can equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.

Psalms

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Psalms 12:6
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The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Psalms 19:10
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More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Psalms 119:72
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The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of coins of gold and silver.

Proverbs

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Proverbs 3:14
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For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, and her gain than fine gold.

Proverbs 8:10
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Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Proverbs 17:3
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The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the hearts.

Proverbs 25:11
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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Isaiah

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Isaiah 48:10
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Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Daniel

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Daniel 2:38
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and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all — you are this head of gold.

Zechariah

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Zechariah 13:9
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I will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, This is My people; and each one will say, The Lord is my God.

Malachi

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Malachi 3:3
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He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.

New Testament

Matthew

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Matthew 2:11
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And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

1 Corinthians

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1 Corinthians 3:12
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Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw.

1 Peter

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1 Peter 1:7
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that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:18
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knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.

Revelation

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Revelation 21:18
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The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

Revelation 21:21
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The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

Thematic Index

Refinement Through Fire

Gold and Silver in Worship

God's Word More Precious Than Gold

Wisdom Above Precious Metals

Metals in Creation and Eden

Precious Metals in Eternity

Redeemed Not by Silver or Gold

All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.