GOLD AND SILVER IN SCRIPTURE
1.
Ex. 3:20-22
“I will give the people favor that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty… borrow
jewels of silver and gold…ye shall spoil the Egyptians.”
(Fulfillment-Ex.12:35-36)
2.
Ex. 32:24f
Aaron: “Whosoever hath any gold, let him break it off and cast into the
fire and there came out this calf! Moses: Whose on the Lord’s side? Let him
come unto me.”
3.
Deut. 7:25
“Desire not the silver and gold…lest thou be snared therein: for it is
an abomination to the Lord thy God.”
4.
Deut. 8:11-14
“Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God in not keeping his commandments,
judgments and statutes…Lest when thy silver and gold is multiplied then
thine heart be lifted up and thou forget God.”
5.
Deut. 29:17
“You have seen their abominations and their idols…silver and gold.”
6.
Job 22:23-25
“If thou return to the almighty thou shalt put away iniquity…then thou shalt
lay up gold as dust…Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense, and thou
shalt have plenty of silver.”
7.
Job 31:24
“If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold, thou
art my confidence…this also were an iniquity to be punished…for I have denied
the God that is above.”
8.
Job 36:19
“Will God esteem thy riches? No, not gold, nor all the forces of
strength.”
9.
Prov. 8:10
“Receive my instruction and not silver, and knowledge rather than
choice gold.”
10.
Prov. 16:16
“How much better is it to get wisdom than gold. And to get
understanding rather to be chosen as silver.”
11.
Ps. 19:7-10
“The law of the Lord, his testimony, statutes and judgments…more to be desired
are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold.”
12.
Ps. 105:37
“God brought them forth(Egypt) also with silver and gold.”
13.
Ps. 115:4
“Their idols are silver and gold and the works of man’s hands.”
14.
Ps. 119:72
“The law is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.”
15.
Ps. 119:127
“I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.”
16.
Ps. 135:15
“The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the works of men’s
hands.”
17.
Prov. 3:14
“Wisdom and understanding are better than silver or fine gold.”
18.
Prov. 17:13
“The fining pot is for the silver and the furnace for gold: but
the Lord trieth the hearts.”
19.
Prov. 21:1
“A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches and loving favor rather
than silver and gold.”
20.
Ecc. 2:8,11
“I got there me also silver and gold…all is vanity.”
21.
Isa. 2:2,20
“It shall come to pass in the last days…In that day a man shall cast his idols
of silver and gold, which they made each one for himself to worship.”
22.
Isa. 13:11-13
“I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity;
and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the
haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine
gold; Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out
of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce
anger.”
23.
Isa. 31:7
“In that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver and gold
which your own hands hath made unto you for sin.”
24.
Isa. 46:5-6
“They lavish gold out of the bag and weigh silver in the balance
and hire a goldsmith and he maketh it a god: they fall down and worship it.
25.
Ezekiel 7:19
“They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold
shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able
to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: They shall not staisfy
their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of
their iniquity.”
26.
Dan. 3:7,10,12
“The people fell down and worshipped the golden image…There are certain
Jews, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded
thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou
hast set up.”
27.
Haggai 2:6-9
“Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I will shake the heavens and all nations…silver
and gold are mine, saith the Lord. the glory of this latter house shall
be greater then the former.”
28.
Zeph. 1:18
“Neither their silver nor gold shall be able to deliver them in the day
of the Lord’s wrath.”
29.
Zech. 9:3
“Tyrus did build herself a stronghold and heaped up silver as dust and
fine gold as the mire of the streets.”
30.
Zech. 13:8-9
“It shall come to pass… that I will bring the third part of the land through
the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them
as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I
will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.”
31.
Mal. 3:3
“He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver and purge them as
gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in
righteousness.”
32.
Matt.10:9
“Provide neither gold nor silver in your purses.
33.
Acts 3:6
“Silver and gold have I none…”
34.
Acts 17:29-30
“We ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold or silver…graven
by art of man’s device…God now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.”
35.
Acts 20:33
“I have coveted no man’s silver or gold.”
36.
I Cor. 3:12
“Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver…every man’s
work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be
revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.”
37.
I Tim.2:9
“That women adorn themselves not with gold.”
38.
I Pet.1:18-19
“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as
silver and gold…but with the precious blood of Christ:”
39.
I Pet. 3:3“Wives
whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of the wearing of gold.”
40.
James 2:1f
“Have not respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with
a gold ring…and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place;”
41.
James 5:30
“Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a
witness against you…ye have heaped treasure for the last days.”
42.
Rev. 3:18
“Buy of me(Jesus)gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich.”
43.
Rev. 9:20
“They repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship
demons and idols of gold and silver.”
44.
Rev. 21:21
“The street of the city was of pure gold, as it were transparent
glass.”
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