Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Prepare raiment
Bible References
Heap up
Job 22:24
and throw your gold in the dust -- your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines --
1 Kings 10:27
The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.
Habakkuk 2:6
"But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: 'The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) -- he who gets rich by extortion!'
Zechariah 9:3
Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!
Prepare raiment
Matthew 6:19
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
James 5:2
Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.