Job 22:24


And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks [considering it of little value],

1 Kings 9:28

They came to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

Genesis 10:29

and Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

1 Kings 10:21

All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

1 Kings 22:48

Jehoshaphat had [large cargo] ships of Tarshish constructed to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, because the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

2 Chronicles 1:5

Now the bronze altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was there before the tabernacle of the Lord, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.

2 Chronicles 9:10

The servants of Huram and those of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought almug trees and precious stones.

2 Chronicles 9:27

The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as the sycamore-fig trees that are in the lowland.

Job 31:25


If I gloated and rejoiced because my wealth was great,
And because my [powerful] hand [alone] had obtained so much,

Psalm 45:9


Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

Isaiah 13:12


I will make mortal man more rare than fine gold,
And mankind [scarcer] than the pure gold of Ophir.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

General references

Bible References

Lay up

1 Kings 10:21
All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
2 Chronicles 1:5
Now the bronze altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was there before the tabernacle of the Lord, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.
2 Chronicles 9:10
The servants of Huram and those of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought almug trees and precious stones.

General references

Genesis 13:2
Now Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold.