9 Bible Verses about Copper

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Deuteronomy 8:7-9

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land where you will eat bread without shortage, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

Job 28:2-10


“Iron is taken out of the earth,
And copper is smelted from the stone ore.

“Man puts an end to darkness [by bringing in a light],
And to the farthest bounds he searches out
The rock buried in gloom and deep shadow.

“He breaks open (mine) shafts far away from where people live,
[In places] forgotten by the [human] foot;
They dangle [in the mines] and hang away from men.
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“[As for] the earth, out of it comes food,
But underneath [its surface, down deep] it is turned over as fire.

“Its stones are the bed of sapphires;
It holds dust of gold.

“The path [deep within] no bird of prey knows,
And the falcon’s eye has not caught sight of it.

“The proud beasts [and their young] have not walked on it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

“Man puts his hand on [and tears apart] the flinty rock;
He overturns the mountains at the base [looking for treasure].

“He cuts out channels and passages among the rocks;
And his eye sees every precious thing.

Ezekiel 22:20-21

As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath, and I will put you there and melt you. I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it.

Ezekiel 22:18

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross (metallic waste) to Me. All of them are (useless) bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

Ezekiel 24:11


“Then set the empty pot (Jerusalem) back on the coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may glow
And its filthiness may be melted
And its rust (scum) may be consumed.

Matthew 10:9

Do not take gold, or silver, or [even] copper money in your money belt,

Mark 12:41-42

And He sat down opposite the [temple] treasury, and began watching how the people were putting money into the treasury. And many rich people were putting in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a mite.

Luke 21:1-2

Looking up, He saw the rich people putting their gifts into the treasury. And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins.

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Copper » Translated brass

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land where you will eat bread without shortage, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

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Ezra 8:27

also 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.

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