| 1 | "Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. | Gn 2:11 Gn 2:12 Gn 23:15 Gn 24:22 1Ki 7:48-50 1Ki 10:21 1Ch 29:2-5 |
| 2 | Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is smelted out of the ore. | Gn 4:22 Nm 31:22 Dt 8:9 1Ch 22:14 |
| 3 | Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. | Pr 2:4 Ec 1:13 Hab 2:13 Mt 6:33 Lk 16:8 |
| 4 | He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth. |
| 5 | As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. | Gn 1:11 Gn 1:12 Gn 1:29 Ps 104:14 Ps 104:15 Isa 28:25-29 |
| 6 | Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold. | Jb 28:16 Ex 24:10 So 5:14 Isa 54:11 Rev 21:19 |
| 7 | That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon`s eye seen it. | Jb 28:21-23 Jb 11:6 Jb 38:19 Jb 38:24 Ro 11:33 |
| 8 | The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there. |
| 9 | He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots. | Nah 1:4-6 |
| 10 | He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing. | Pr 14:23 Pr 24:4 Hab 3:9 |
| 11 | He binds the streams that they don`t trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light. | Jb 26:8 Isa 37:25 Isa 44:27 |
| 12 | "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding? | Jb 28:20 Jb 28:28 1Ki 3:9 Ps 51:6 Pr 2:4-6 Pr 3:19 Ec 7:23-25 1Co 1:19 1Co 1:20 Col 2:3 Jm 1:5 Jm 1:17 |
| 13 | Man doesn`t know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living. | Jb 28:15-19 Ps 19:10 Ps 119:72 Pr 3:14 Pr 3:15 Pr 8:11 Pr 8:18 Pr 8:19 Pr 16:16 Pr 23:23 Ec 8:16 Ec 8:17 |
| 14 | The deep says, `It isn`t in me.` The sea says, `It isn`t with me.` | Ro 11:33 Ro 11:34 |
| 15 | It can`t be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price. | Jb 28:18 Pr 3:13-15 Pr 8:10 Pr 8:17 Pr 8:19 Pr 16:16 |
| 16 | It can`t be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. | 1Ch 29:4 Ps 45:9 Isa 13:12 |
| 17 | Gold and glass can`t equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. | Ezk 1:22 Rev 4:6 Rev 21:11 Rev 22:1 |
| 18 | No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies. | Ezk 27:16 |
| 19 | The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold. | Ex 28:17 Ex 39:10 Ezk 28:13 Rev 21:20 |
| 20 | Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding? | Jb 28:12 Pr 2:6 Ec 7:23 Ec 7:24 1Co 2:6-15 Jm 1:5 Jm 1:17 |
| 21 | Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky. | Ps 49:3 Ps 49:4 Mt 11:25 Mt 13:17 Mt 13:35 1Co 2:7-10 Col 2:3 |
| 22 | Destruction and Death say, `We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.` | Jb 28:14 Ps 83:10-12 |
| 23 | "God understands its way, And he knows its place. | Ps 19:7 Ps 147:5 Pr 2:6 Pr 8:14 Mt 11:27 Lk 10:21 Lk 10:22 Ac 15:18 Ro 11:33 1Co 1:30 Jud 1:25 |
| 24 | For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky. | 2Ch 16:9 Pr 15:3 Zc 4:10 Rev 5:6 |
| 25 | He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure. | Ps 135:7 Isa 40:12 |
| 26 | When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder; | Jb 36:26 Jb 36:32 Jb 38:25 Ps 148:8 Jer 14:22 Am 4:7 Zc 10:1 |
| 27 | Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out. | Ps 19:1 Pr 8:22-29 |
| 28 | To man he said, `Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.`" | Dt 29:29 Pr 8:4 Pr 8:5 Pr 8:26-32 |
Shepherd's Stream uses the World English Bible for Bible Stream. The World English Bible (WEB) is a revision of the American Standard Version (ASV) of 1901. The American Standard Version was a minor American revision of the English Revised Version of 1881 and became the foundation of several 20th century American versions, including the Revised Standard Version (RSV) and the New American Standard Bible (NASB).