24 Bible Verses about Metals
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And they shall make an ark of sethim-wood; two cubits and a half long, a cubit and a half broad, and a cubit and a half high. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold: both within and without, and shalt make on high upon it, a crown of gold round about. And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it and put them in the four corners thereof; two rings on the one side of it, and two on the other.read more.
And thou shalt make staves of sethim-wood and cover them with gold, and put the staves in the rings along by the sides of the ark, to bear it withal. And the staves shall abide in the rings of the ark, and shall not be taken away. And thou shalt put in the ark, the witness which I shall give thee. "And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half long and a cubit and a half broad. And make two cherubims of thick gold on the two ends of the mercy seat; and set the one cherub on the one end and the other on the other end of the mercy seat: so see that thou make them on the two ends thereof. And the cherubims shall stretch their wings abroad over on high, and cover the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another: even to the mercy seat ward, shall the faces of the cherubims be. And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark, and in the ark thou shalt put the witness which I will give thee. "There I will meet thee and will commune with thee from upon the mercy seat from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of witness, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
This is the sum of the habitation of witness, which was counted at the commandment of Moses: and was the office of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar son to Aaron the priest. And Bezalel, son of Uri son to Hur of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses, and with him Oholiab son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, a cunning graver and a worker of needle work in jacinth, scarlet, purple and bysse.read more.
All the gold that was occupied upon all the work of the holy place - which was the gold of the wave offering - was twenty nine hundred weight and seven hundred and thirty sicles, according to the holy sicle.
And he put the Cherubs in the middle of the inner house. And the Cherubs stretched their wings, so that the one wing of the one touched the one wall, and the one wing of the other touched the other wall. And the other two wings of them touched one another in the midst of the house. And he overlaid the Cherubs with gold. And all the walls of the house round about, he garnished with work of Cherubs and palm trees and graven flowers, both within in the quyre and without in the temple.read more.
And the floor of the house he covered with gold both within in the quyre and also without in the temple. And in the entering of the quyre he made two doors of olive tree, with the upper and two side posts five square. And the two doors of olive tree he graved with graving of Cherubs and Palm trees and graved flowers, and covered them with gold, and laid gold over the Cherubs and also the Palm trees. And in like manner, unto the door of the temple, he made posts of olive tree four square, and two doors of fir tree, and either door with two folding leaves and graved thereon Cherubs, Palm trees and flowers, and covered them with gold made plain by a ruler.
And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the Altar of gold, and the table of gold whereon the shewbread was put. And five candlesticks, for the right side, and as many for the left, before the quyre, of pure gold: with flowers, lamps, and snuffers of gold; and bowls, Psalteries, basins, spoons and fire pans of pure gold; and hinges of gold both for the doors of the quyre, the place most holy, and for the doors of the temple also.
The weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred three score and six talents of gold, besides that he had of chapmen and merchants of apothecaries and of all the kings of Arabia and of the lords of the country. And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold, six hundred sicles of gold went to a buckler.read more.
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold, three pounds of gold going to a piece, and put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon. And the king made a great seat of Ivory and covered it with precious gold. And the seat had six steps. And the top of the seat was round behind his back with pommels on either side on the place where he sat, and two Lions standing beside the pommels. And there stood twelve lions on the steps, six on a side. There was none like seen in any kingdom. And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of pure gold. And as for silver, it was nothing worth in the days of Solomon.
The law of the LORD is an undefiled law, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, and giveth wisdom unto simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, and rejoice the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, and endureth forever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.read more.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is thy servant taught, and in keeping of them there is great reward.
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich: and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold, precious stone, and pearls, and had a cup of gold in her hand, full of abominations, and filthiness of her fornication.
The words of the LORD are pure words: even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.
Then said Judah to his brethren, "What availeth it that we slay our brother, and keep his blood secret? Come on, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hands be defiled upon him: for he is our brother and our flesh." And his brethren were content. Then as the Midianites merchant men passed by, they drew Joseph out of the pit and sold him unto the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought him into Egypt.
And the sum of silver that came of the multitude, was five score hundred weight and a thousand seven hundred and seventy five sicles of the holy sicle. Every man offering half a sicle after the weight of the holy sicle among them that went to be numbered from twenty years old and above, among six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. And the five score hundred weight of silver went to the casting of the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil: a hundred sockets of the five score hundred weight, a hundred weight to every socket.read more.
And the thousand seven hundred and seventy five sicles, made knops to the pillars and overlaid the heads and hooped them.
And he reigned over all the kings from Euphrates unto the land of the Philistines and to the borders of Egypt. And the king made silver in Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and Cedar trees as plenteous as the mulberry trees that grow in the valleys.
The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me, than thousands of gold and silver.
Then when Judas, which betrayed him, saw that he was condemned, he repented himself; and brought again the thirty plates of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have sinned, betraying the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that." And he cast down the silver plates in the temple, and departed, and went and hung himself.read more.
And the chief priests took the silver plates and said, "It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood." And they took counsel, and bought with them a potter's field to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field is called the field of blood, until this day. Then was fulfilled, that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "And they took thirty silver plates, the price of him that was valued, whom they bought of the children of Israel, and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me."
And Zillah she also bare Tubalcain; a worker in metal and a father of all that grave in brass and iron. And Tubalcain's sister was called Naamah.
And thou shalt make an altar of sethim-wood: five cubits long and five cubits broad, that it be foursquare, and three cubits high. And make it horns proceeding out in the four corners of it, and cover it with brass. And make his ashpans, shovels, basins, fleshhooks, firepans and all the apparel thereof, of brass;read more.
after the fashion of a net, and put upon the net four rings: even in the four corners of it, and put it beneath under the compass of the altar, and let the net reach unto the one half of the altar. And make staves for the altar of sethim-wood, and cover them with brass, and let them be put in rings along by the sides of the altar, to bear it withal.
And the brass of the wave offering was seventy hundred weight and two thousand, and four hundred sicles. And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the brazen altar, and the brazen gridiron that longeth thereto, and all the vessels of the altar, and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the habitation, and all the pins of the court round about.
And as soon as he had made an end of speaking all these words, the ground clove asunder that was under them, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and their houses and all the men that were with Korah and all their goods. And they and all that pertained unto them, went down alive unto hell, and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the congregation.read more.
And all Israel that were about them, fled at the cry of them. For they said, "The earth might haply swallow us also." And there came out a fire from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered cense. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, "Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest and let him take up the censers out of the burning and scatter the fire here and there, for the censers of these sinners are hallowed in their deaths: and let them be beaten into thin plates and fastened upon the altar. For they offered them before the LORD, and therefore they are holy and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel." And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers which they that were burnt had offered, and beat them and fastened them upon the altar, to be a remembrance unto the children of Israel, that no stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer cense before the LORD, that he be not made like unto Korah and his company: as the LORD said unto him by the hand of Moses.
And he made the court of the priests, and the great court and doors to it: and overlaid the doors of them with brass. And he set the sea in the right side of the East end, toward the South. And Hiram made pots, shovels and basins. And Hiram finished the work he made for king Solomon unto the temple of God:read more.
The two pillars with their scalps of the two heads that were on the tops of the pillars: and the two wreaths to cover the two scalps of the heads that were on the tops of the pillars: and four hundred pomegranates for the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates for every wreath, to cover the two scalps of the heads that were on the pillars. And he made bottoms, and lavers upon the bottoms: and the sea with twelve oxen under it. And thereto pots, shovels, flesh hooks, and all their vessels did Hiram Abi make for king Solomon for the house of the LORD, of bright brass. In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the thick earth, between Succoth and Zeredah - And made of all these vessels so mighty great abundance, that the weight of brass could not be reckoned.
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Giants: behold, his iron bed is yet at Rabbah, among the children of Ammon: nine cubits long and four cubits broad, of the cubits of a man.
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of rivers of water, of fountains and of springs that spring out both in valleys and hills: a land of wheat and of barley, of vines, fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees with oil and of honey: a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.
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Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Brass
And make it horns proceeding out in the four corners of it, and cover it with brass.
after the fashion of a net, and put upon the net four rings: even in the four corners of it,
Instead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and put them in the keeping of the captains of his guard which waited in the gate of the king's house.
Metals » Comparative value of
For brass will I give thee gold, and for iron, silver: for wood, brass, and for stones, iron. I will make peace thy ruler, and righteousness thine officer.
The image head was of fine gold, his breast and arms of silver, his body and loins were of copper, his legs were of iron, his feet were part of iron and part of earth. Thou beheldest it till a stone was cut without hands, which smote the image upon the feet that were both of iron and earth, and brake them to powder. read more.
Then was the iron, the earth, the copper, the silver and gold broken altogether in pieces: and became like the chaff of corn, that the wind bloweth away from the summer floors, that they can no more be found. But the stone that smote the Image, became a great mountain, which fulfilleth the whole earth. This is the dream. And now will we show before the king, what it meaneth. O king, thou art a king of kings: For the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, riches, strength, and majesty: And hath delivered thee all things that are among the children of men: the beasts of the field, and the fowls under the heaven, and given thee dominion over them all. Thou art that golden head. After thee there shall arise another kingdom, which shall be less than thine. The third kingdom shall be like copper, and have domination in all lands. The fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron. For like as iron bruiseth and breaketh all things: Yea even as iron beateth everything down, so shall it beat down and destroy. Whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of earth and part of iron: that is a divided kingdom, which nevertheless shall have some of the iron ground mixed with it, forsomuch as thou hast seen the iron mixed with the clay. The toes of the feet that were part of iron and part of clay, signifieth: that it shall be a kingdom partly strong and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with clay: they shall mingle themselves with the seed of simple people: and yet not continue one with another, like as iron will not be soldered with a potsherd. In the days of these kings, shall the God of heaven set up an everlasting kingdom, which shall not perish, and his kingdom shall not be given over to another people. Yea, the same shall break and destroy all these kingdoms, but it shall endure forever. And whereas thou sawest that without any hands there was cut out of the mount a stone, which brake the iron, the copper, the earth, the silver and gold in pieces: by that hath the great God showed the king, what will come after this. This is a true dream, and the interpretation of it is sure."
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Iron
"'If any man smite another with a weapon of iron that he die, then he is a murderer, and shall die for it.
Metals » Freed from dross by fire
like as silver, and brass, iron, tin, and lead, are put together in the furnace and the fire blown there under to melt them: Even so will I gather you, put you in together, and melt you in my wrath and indignation.
"Thou son of man, the house of Israel is turned to dross. All they that should be brass, tin, iron and lead, are in the fire become dross.
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Lead
The bellows are burnt in the fire, the lead is consumed, the melter melteth in vain, for the evil is not taken away from them.
Thou blewest with thy breath and the sea covered them, and they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Metals » Cast in mold
And he restored the money again unto his mother. Then his mother took two hundred silverlings and put them to a goldsmith, to make thereof a graven image and a image of metal, which remained in the house of Micah.
The bellows are burnt in the fire, the lead is consumed, the melter melteth in vain, for the evil is not taken away from them.
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Copper
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil, the Lord reward him according to his deeds,
twenty cups of gold of a thousand drams, and two costly ornaments of good brass, as clear as gold,
Metals » Dug out of the earth
There is found a place, whose stones are clean Sapphires, and where the clots of the earth are gold.
There are places were silver is molten, and where gold is tried; where iron is digged out of the ground, and stones resolved to metal.
Metals » Ceremonially cleansed by fire
And Eleazar the priest said unto all the men of war which went out to battle, "This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses: Gold, silver, brass, iron, tin and lead, and all that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and then it is clean. Neverthelater, it shall be sprinkled with sprinkling water. And all that suffereth not the fire, ye shall make go through the water.
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Gold
The name of the one is Pishon; he it is that compasseth all the land of Havilah, where gold groweth. And the gold of that country is precious; there is found bdellium and a stone called Onyx.
Metals » The holy land abounded in
a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Tin
Metals » An extensive commerce in
Tarshish occupied with thee in all manner of wares: in silver, iron, tin and lead, and made thy market great.
Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Silver
and put every man's money in his bag mouth, and put my silver cup in the sack's mouth of the youngest and his corn money also." And he did as Joseph had said.
Metals » Antiquity of the art of working in
And his brother's name was Jubal; of him came all that exercise themselves on the harp and on the organs.
Metals » Clay of jordan used for molding
And in the plain of Jordan did the king cast them: even in the clay of the earth between Succoth and Zarethan.
Metals » Often mixed with dross
And therefore shall I lay my hand upon thee, and burn out thy dross from the finest and purest, and put out all thy lead,
Topics on Metals
Taking Mixed Metals
Joel 3:5for ye have taken away my silver and gold, my fair and goodly jewels, and brought them into your gods' houses.
Trade With Metals
1 Kings 10:22For the sea ships which the king had in the sea, with the ships of Hiram, came every third year laden with gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks.