10 Bible Verses about Lead

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Numbers 31:22-23

only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, everything that can stand fire, you shall pass through fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless, it shall also be purified with the water of purification [to remove its impurity]; and all that cannot stand fire [such as fabrics] you shall pass through water.

Job 19:23-24


“Oh, that the words I now speak were written!
Oh, that they were recorded in a scroll!

“That with an iron stylus and [molten] lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!

Exodus 15:10


“You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;
[Clad in armor] they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Ezekiel 27:12

“Tarshish [in Spain] was your customer and traded with you because of the abundance of your riches of all kinds; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.

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Ezekiel 27:12

“Tarshish [in Spain] was your customer and traded with you because of the abundance of your riches of all kinds; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.

Israel » Under the judges » Lead » Tola

Judges 10:1-2

After Abimelech there arose to rescue Israel, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. He judged Israel twenty-three years; then he died and was buried in Shamir.

Lead » Purified by fire

Jeremiah 6:29


The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain they continue refining,
But the wicked are not separated and removed.

Ezekiel 22:20

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.

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.

Numbers 31:22

only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Lead » Lead foundry

Jeremiah 6:29


The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain they continue refining,
But the wicked are not separated and removed.

Ezekiel 22:20

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.

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.

Lead » Used in making inscriptions on stone

Job 19:24


“That with an iron stylus and [molten] lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!

Lead » Trade in

Ezekiel 27:12

“Tarshish [in Spain] was your customer and traded with you because of the abundance of your riches of all kinds; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.

Lead » Used for weighing

Zechariah 5:7-8

And behold, a round, flat weight of lead was lifted and there sat a woman in the midst of the ephah[-sized vessel]. And he said, This is lawlessness (wickedness)! And he thrust her back into the ephah[-sized vessel] and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth of it!

Lead » A mineral

Exodus 15:10


“You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;
[Clad in armor] they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Lead

Jeremiah 6:29


The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain they continue refining,
But the wicked are not separated and removed.

Exodus 15:10


“You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;
[Clad in armor] they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

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Adoption Should Lead To Holiness

2 Corinthians 6:17-18


“So come out from among unbelievers and be separate,” says the Lord,
And do not touch what is unclean;
And I will graciously receive you and welcome you [with favor],

Riches, Can Lead To

Ezekiel 28:5


By your great wisdom and by your trade
You have increased your riches and power,
And your heart is proud and arrogant because of your wealth;

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