82 Bible Verses about Silver

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Job 28:1-4

Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place where they refine gold. Iron is taken out of the earth, and bronze is melted out of the stone. He sets an end to darkness, and to every extremity He searches out the stones of darkness and the shadow of death.read more.
He opens a shaft far from the visitor; they are forgotten by man's foot; they hang far away from men, they swing to and fro.

1 Kings 10:22

For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram. Once in three years the navy of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

2 Chronicles 9:20

And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver. It was not prized in the days of Solomon.

Jeremiah 10:9

Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith. Violet and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skillful ones.

Ezekiel 27:12

Tarshish was your merchant because of the multitude of your wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they gave for your wares.

Revelation 18:11-12

And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their cargo any more; the cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of very precious wood, and of bronze, and of iron, and of marble,

Proverbs 27:21

As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man to his praise.

Ezekiel 22:20-22

As they gather silver, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire on it to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. And I will gather you and blow on you in the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in the middle of it. As silver is melted in the middle of the furnace, so you shall be melted in the middle of it; and you shall know that I Jehovah have poured out My fury on you.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

Malachi 3:3

And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may be offerers of a food offering in righteousness to Jehovah.

Proverbs 25:4

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

2 Chronicles 2:7

And now send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and one who is skillful to engrave with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

Acts 19:24

For a certain silversmith named Demetrius was making silver temples of Artemis, providing not a little trade for the craftsmen.

Genesis 24:35

And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great. And He has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and male slaves and slave women, and camels and asses.

Numbers 22:18

And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.

Deuteronomy 8:13

and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied,

Deuteronomy 17:17

Nor shall he multiply wives to himself, so that his heart does not turn away. Nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold to himself.

Joshua 22:8

And he spoke to them, saying, You are returning to your tents with your great treasures, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with bronze, and with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.

2 Chronicles 32:27

And Hezekiah had exceedingly much riches and honor. And he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all kinds of pleasant jewels.

Job 3:13-15

For now I should have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest with kings and wise men of the earth, who built ruins for themselves, or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;

Job 27:16

Though he heaps up silver like the dust, and prepares clothing like the clay,

Psalm 105:37

He also brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

Isaiah 2:7

And their land is full of silver and gold. There is no end of their treasures and their land is full of horses; nor an end of their chariots.

Isaiah 60:17

For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver; and for wood I will bring bronze, and for stones, iron. I will also make your overseers to be peace, and your rulers to be righteousness.

Ezekiel 16:13

And you were adorned with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered work. You ate fine flour and honey and oil; and you were exceedingly beautiful. And you advanced to regal estate.

Ezekiel 28:4

With your wisdom and with your understanding you have made riches for yourselves, and have worked gold and silver into your treasuries.

Daniel 11:43

But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. And the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

Zechariah 9:3

And Tyre shall build herself a stronghold, and shall heap up silver like the dust, and gold like the mud of the streets;

Zechariah 14:14

And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations all around shall be gathered, gold, and silver, and clothing in great abundance.

Exodus 25:1-3

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring Me an offering. You shall take an offering from every man that gives it willingly with his heart. And this is the offering which you shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,

Exodus 35:5

Take from among you an offering to Jehovah. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of Jehovah: gold, and silver, and bronze,

Numbers 7:84-85

This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the rulers of Israel: twelve platters of silver, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans. Each silver dish weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, each basin seventy. All the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel;

2 Samuel 8:11

King David also dedicated them to Jehovah, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all nations which he subdued:

1 Chronicles 18:11

And King David dedicated them to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold which he brought from all the nations, from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

1 Chronicles 29:7

And they gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents of gold and ten thousand darics, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

Ezra 1:1-11

And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, so that the Word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, So says Cyrus king of Persia, Jehovah, the God of Heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all His people? Let his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, the God of Israel (He is God) which is in Jerusalem.read more.
And whoever remains in any place where he resides, let the men of his place help him with silver and with gold and with goods and with animals, besides the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. And the chiefs of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, and all whose spirit God had raised, rose up to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem. And all those who were around them made their hands strong with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, and with precious things, besides all being willingly offered. And Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem and had put them in the house of his gods. Even those Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives, thirty basins of gold, four hundred and ten silver basins of a second kind, and a thousand other vessels. All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar brought up, when the exiles were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Ezra 2:68-69

And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place. They gave according to their ability to the treasure of the work, sixty one thousand drachmas of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priest's garments.

Ezra 7:13-16

From me was made a decree that everyone of the people of Israel, and their priests and Levites in my kingdom, who desire of their own free will to go up to Jerusalem, go with you; since you have been sent by the king, and by his seven counselors to ask about Judah and Jerusalem, according to the Law of your God in your hand; and to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose house is in Jerusalem,read more.
and all the silver and gold which you can find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God in Jerusalem.

Ezra 8:24-30

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them. And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, the offering of the house of our God, which the king and his counselors and his lords, and all Israel who were there, had offered. And I weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels of a hundred talents, of gold a hundred talents,read more.
and twenty basins of gold of a thousand drams, and two vessels of fine copper as desirable as gold. And I said to them, You are holy to Jehovah, and the vessels are holy. And the silver and the gold are a free-will offering to Jehovah, the God of your fathers. Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and the chief of the fathers of Israel at Jerusalem in the rooms of the house of Jehovah. So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

Nehemiah 7:71-72

And some of the chiefs of the fathers gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver. And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments.

Exodus 38:17

And the sockets for the pillars were of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. And the overlaying of their capitals was of silver. And all the pillars of the court were banded with silver.

Exodus 26:18-25

And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. And you shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards-- two sockets under one board for its two pins, and two sockets under another board for its two pins. And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side shall be twenty boards,read more.
and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. And for the sides of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards. And you shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the sides. And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it to one ring. So it shall be for them both. They shall be for the two corners. And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

Exodus 36:23-30

And he made boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward. And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board for its two pins, and two sockets under another board for its two pins. And for the other side of the tabernacle, toward the north, he made twenty boards,read more.
and their forty sockets were of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. And he made six boards for the sides of the tabernacle westward. And he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the sides. And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head of it, to one ring. So he did to both of them in both the corners. And there were eight boards. And their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, two sockets under every board.

Exodus 26:31-32

And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined bleached linen of embroidered work. It shall be made with cherubs. And you shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

Exodus 36:35-36

And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined bleached linen. He made it the work of an artisan, with cherubs. And he made for it four pillars of acacia. And he overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast four sockets of silver for them.

Exodus 27:9-11

And you shall make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined bleached linen, of a hundred cubits long for one side. And the twenty pillars of it, and their twenty sockets, shall be of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. And so for the north side in length, hangings of a hundred cubits long. And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.

Exodus 38:9-12

And he made the court. On the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined bleached linen, a hundred cubits. Their pillars were twenty, and their bronze sockets twenty. The hooks of the pillar and their bands were of silver. And for the north side, a hundred by the cubit, their pillars twenty, and their twenty sockets bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.read more.
And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.

Exodus 27:17

All the pillars around the court shall be banded with silver; their hooks silver, and their sockets of bronze.

Exodus 38:18-19

And the screen for the gate of the court was needlework: blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined bleached linen. And it was twenty cubits long, and the height and the width five cubits, to match the hangings of the court. And the pillars were four, and their bronze sockets four; their hooks silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their bands silver.

Numbers 10:2

Make two trumpets of silver for yourself. You shall make them of beaten work. And they shall be used for the calling of the assembly and for causing the camps to go forward.

1 Chronicles 22:14

And, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver, and of bronze and iron without weight, for it is in abundance. I have prepared timber also, and stone, and you may add to them.

1 Kings 7:51

So all the work that King Solomon made for the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated: the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, he had put into the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 5:1

And all the work that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated. And he put the silver and the gold, and all the vessels among the treasures of the house of God.

1 Kings 15:15

And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, into the house of Jehovah, silver and gold and vessels.

2 Chronicles 15:18

And he brought into the house of God the things which his father had dedicated, and which he himself had dedicated, silver and gold and vessels.

2 Kings 25:15

And the chief of the executioners took away the fire-pans, and the bowls, that were all of gold, and all of silver;

Jeremiah 52:19

And the chief of the executioners took away the basins, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the pots, and the lampstands, and the spoons, and the cups; what was gold, in gold; and what was silver, in silver.

1 Chronicles 28:14-17

even gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of every kind of service; silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels every kind of service; and by weight for the lampstands of gold, and for their lamps of gold, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps. And he gave for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the lampstand and for its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand; and by weight gold for the tables of the showbread, for every table; silver for the tables of silver;read more.
and pure gold for the flesh-hooks, and the bowls, and the cups; and for the golden basins by weight for each basin, and by weight for each basin of silver;

1 Chronicles 29:2-5

And I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the bronze for things of bronze, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood, onyx stones, and stones to be set, and also stones of antimony, and stones of many colors, and every precious stone, and stones of alabaster, in abundance. And also, because I have delighted in the house of my God, out of my own treasure of gold and silver I have given to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;read more.
the gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work by the hands of skillful workers. And who is willing to consecrate his service this day to Jehovah?

2 Chronicles 24:14

And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the silver before the king and Jehoiada. Of this silver were made vessels for the house of Jehovah, vessels to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they continually offered burnt offerings in the house of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada.

Daniel 5:2

When tasting the wine, Belshazzar commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem, that the king and his rulers, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.

1 Kings 10:27

And the king made silver like stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars like the sycamore trees in the valley for abundance.

2 Chronicles 1:15

And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem like stones, and he made cedar trees as plentiful as the sycamore trees in the valley.

2 Chronicles 9:27

And the king made silver in Jerusalem like stones, and he made cedar trees as the sycamore trees in the low plains.

1 Kings 10:21

And all King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; it was counted nothing in the days of Solomon.

Genesis 37:28

And men, Midianites traders, came by. And they drew up Joseph and took him out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Genesis 20:16

And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, he is to you a covering of the eyes, to all that are with you, and with all this, you are reproved.

Genesis 23:15-16

My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? And bury your dead. And Abraham listened to Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, which passes with the merchant.

Genesis 33:19

And he bought a piece of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

Genesis 42:35

And it happened they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bundle of silver was in his sack. And when they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were afraid.

Exodus 21:32

If the ox shall gore a manservant or a maidservant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

Exodus 38:25

And the silver from those numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and seventeen hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;

Leviticus 5:15

If a soul commits a trespass and sins through ignorance in the holy things of Jehovah, then he shall bring for his trespass to Jehovah a ram without blemish out of the flock, together with an amount set by you, by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.

Leviticus 27:6

And if from a month old to five years old, then your judgment shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female your judgment shall be three shekels of silver.

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Commerce » Articles of » Silver

1 Kings 10:22

For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram. Once in three years the navy of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

2 Chronicles 9:21

For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

Revelation 18:12

the cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of very precious wood, and of bronze, and of iron, and of marble,

Idol » Made of » Silver

Isaiah 2:20

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

Isaiah 30:22

You shall also defile the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away like a menstruous cloth. You shall say to it, Get away.

Isaiah 31:7

For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you, a sin.

Hosea 8:4

They have set up kings, but not by Me; they have made rulers, and I knew it not. They have made themselves idols with their silver and their gold, so that they may be cut off.

Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Silver

Genesis 44:2

And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain silver. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

Pillars » Made of » Silver

Song of Songs 3:10

He made its poles of silver, its back gold, its seat of purple, its middle was paved with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

Silver » Symbolical

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

Daniel 2:32

This image's head was of fine gold; his breast and his arms were of silver; his belly and his thighs were of bronze;

Ezekiel 22:18

Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are bronze, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the middle of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

Silver » Vessels of

1 Kings 10:25

And every man brought his presents, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and clothing and armor, and spices, horses and mules, so much year by year.

Numbers 7:84

This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the rulers of Israel: twelve platters of silver, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans.

Ezra 1:6

And all those who were around them made their hands strong with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, and with precious things, besides all being willingly offered.

Daniel 5:2

When tasting the wine, Belshazzar commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem, that the king and his rulers, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.

Genesis 44:2

And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain silver. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

Silver » Made into » Sockets for the boards of the tabernacle

Exodus 36:36

And he made for it four pillars of acacia. And he overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast four sockets of silver for them.

Exodus 26:19

And you shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards-- two sockets under one board for its two pins, and two sockets under another board for its two pins.

Exodus 26:25

And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

Exodus 36:24

And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board for its two pins, and two sockets under another board for its two pins.

Exodus 36:26

and their forty sockets were of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

More verses: Exodus 36:30

Silver » For ornamentation of, and in the manufacture of, the utensils for the tabernacle

Numbers 7:13

And his offering was one silver dish, and its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a food offering;

Numbers 7:19

He offered for his offering one silver dish, and its weight a hundred thirty shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a food offering;

Numbers 7:25

His offering was one silver dish, its weight a hundred thirty shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a food offering;

Numbers 7:31

His offering was one silver dish, its weight a hundred thirty shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a food offering;

Numbers 7:37

His offering was one silver dish, its weight a hundred thirty shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a food offering;

Silver » Used for money

Acts 19:19

Also many of those practicing the curious arts, bringing together the books, burned them before all. And they counted the prices of them and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Matthew 10:9

Do not provide gold nor silver, nor copper in your purses,

Mark 14:11

And when they heard, they were glad and promised to give him silver. And he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.

Matthew 26:15

And he said to them, What will you give me, and I will betray Him to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver.

Silver » Very abundant in the reign of solomon

1 Kings 10:27

And the king made silver like stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars like the sycamore trees in the valley for abundance.

1 Kings 10:21-22

And all King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; it was counted nothing in the days of Solomon. For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram. Once in three years the navy of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

2 Chronicles 9:20-21

And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver. It was not prized in the days of Solomon. For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

2 Chronicles 9:27

And the king made silver in Jerusalem like stones, and he made cedar trees as the sycamore trees in the low plains.

Silver » General references to

Exodus 38:19

And the pillars were four, and their bronze sockets four; their hooks silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their bands silver.

Exodus 36:24

And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board for its two pins, and two sockets under another board for its two pins.

Exodus 35:24

Everyone lifting up an offering of silver and bronze brought Jehovah's offering. And everyone with whom was found acacia-wood for any work of the service, brought it.

Exodus 25:3

And this is the offering which you shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,

Exodus 27:11

And so for the north side in length, hangings of a hundred cubits long. And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.

Silver » Refining of

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

Malachi 3:3

And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may be offerers of a food offering in righteousness to Jehovah.

Proverbs 25:4

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

Proverbs 26:23

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a broken piece of pottery with silver waste.

Silver » The price of Christ's betrayal

Acts 1:18

Indeed, then, this one purchased a field with the reward of unrighteousness. And falling headlong, he burst apart in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out.

Matthew 26:15

And he said to them, What will you give me, and I will betray Him to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 27:3

Then he who had betrayed Him, seeing that He was condemned, sorrowing, Judas returned the thirty pieces of silver again to the chief priests and elders,

Amos 2:6

So says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea for four, I will not turn away from it; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals;

Zechariah 11:12

And I said to them, If it is good, give My price; and if not, let it go. So they weighed My price thirty pieces of silver.

Silver » Given by david and his subjects for making the temple

1 Chronicles 29:2

And I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the bronze for things of bronze, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood, onyx stones, and stones to be set, and also stones of antimony, and stones of many colors, and every precious stone, and stones of alabaster, in abundance.

1 Chronicles 28:14

even gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of every kind of service; silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels every kind of service;

1 Chronicles 29:6-9

And the chiefs of the fathers, and the rulers of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly. And they gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents of gold and ten thousand darics, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. And he who had precious stones gave to the treasury of the house of Jehovah by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. read more.
And the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah. And David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

Silver » Abundance of

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered silver and gold to myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got men singers and women singers for myself, and the delights of the sons of men, a wife and very many wives.

1 Kings 10:27

And the king made silver like stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars like the sycamore trees in the valley for abundance.

1 Chronicles 22:14

And, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver, and of bronze and iron without weight, for it is in abundance. I have prepared timber also, and stone, and you may add to them.

2 Chronicles 1:15

And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem like stones, and he made cedar trees as plentiful as the sycamore trees in the valley.

Isaiah 2:7

And their land is full of silver and gold. There is no end of their treasures and their land is full of horses; nor an end of their chariots.

More verses: 1 Chronicles 29:2-7

Silver » Wisdom to be esteemed more than

Job 28:15

Pure gold cannot be given in its stead, and silver be weighed as its price.

Proverbs 3:14

For the profit from it is better than the gain from silver, and its produce more than fine gold;

Proverbs 8:10

Receive my instruction and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Silver » Used as money

Judges 17:2

And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you cursed, and spoke of also in my ears, behold, the silver is with me. Behold, I took it. And his mother said, Be blessed of Jehovah, my son.

2 Kings 5:22

And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, this now, two young men from Mount Ephraim of the sons of the prophets have come to me. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.

Genesis 20:16

And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, he is to you a covering of the eyes, to all that are with you, and with all this, you are reproved.

Genesis 23:15

My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? And bury your dead.

Silver » Of the temple

Daniel 5:2

When tasting the wine, Belshazzar commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem, that the king and his rulers, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.

1 Chronicles 28:14

even gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of every kind of service; silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels every kind of service;

1 Chronicles 29:2-5

And I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the bronze for things of bronze, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood, onyx stones, and stones to be set, and also stones of antimony, and stones of many colors, and every precious stone, and stones of alabaster, in abundance. And also, because I have delighted in the house of my God, out of my own treasure of gold and silver I have given to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses; read more.
the gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work by the hands of skillful workers. And who is willing to consecrate his service this day to Jehovah?

Ezra 5:14

And also the vessels of gold and silver from the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.

Ezra 6:5

And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be given back and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, to their place, and place them in the house of God.

More verses: Ezra 8:26

Silver » Used as money from the earliest age

1 Kings 16:24

And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.

Genesis 37:28

And men, Midianites traders, came by. And they drew up Joseph and took him out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Genesis 23:15

My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? And bury your dead.

Silver » Taken in war often consecrated to God

Joshua 6:19

But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are devoted to Jehovah. They shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.

2 Samuel 8:11

King David also dedicated them to Jehovah, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all nations which he subdued:

1 Kings 15:15

And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, into the house of Jehovah, silver and gold and vessels.

Silver » Often given as presents

1 Kings 10:25

And every man brought his presents, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and clothing and armor, and spices, horses and mules, so much year by year.

2 Kings 5:5

And the king of Syria said, Go, go in and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

2 Kings 5:23

And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing. And he laid them on two of his servants. And they carried them before him.

Silver » Made into » Idols

Isaiah 2:20

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

Psalm 115:4

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Isaiah 30:22

You shall also defile the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away like a menstruous cloth. You shall say to it, Get away.

Silver » Tribute often paid in

2 Chronicles 17:11

And from the Philistines they brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute. Also the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors that had been before me were too heavy upon the people, and had taken bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not do this, because of the fear of God.

Silver » Made into » Dishes

Numbers 7:13

And his offering was one silver dish, and its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a food offering;

Numbers 7:84-85

This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the rulers of Israel: twelve platters of silver, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans. Each silver dish weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, each basin seventy. All the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel;

Silver » Purified by fire

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

Silver » Described as » Fusible

Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire on it to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you.

Ezekiel 22:22

As silver is melted in the middle of the furnace, so you shall be melted in the middle of it; and you shall know that I Jehovah have poured out My fury on you.

Silver » Idols

Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more, and have made themselves a molten image of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves.

Exodus 20:23

You shall not make with Me gods of silver, neither shall you make to you gods of gold.

Isaiah 30:22

You shall also defile the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away like a menstruous cloth. You shall say to it, Get away.

Silver » Tarshish carried on extensive commerce in

Jeremiah 10:9

Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith. Violet and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skillful ones.

Ezekiel 27:12

Tarshish was your merchant because of the multitude of your wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they gave for your wares.

Silver » Illustrative » Of saints purified by affliction

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

Silver » The patriarchs rich in

Genesis 24:35

And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great. And He has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and male slaves and slave women, and camels and asses.

Silver » Illustrative » (dross of,) of the wicked

Ezekiel 22:18

Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are bronze, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the middle of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

Silver » Made into » Ornaments and hooks for the pillars of the tabernacle

Exodus 38:19

And the pillars were four, and their bronze sockets four; their hooks silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their bands silver.

Exodus 27:17

All the pillars around the court shall be banded with silver; their hooks silver, and their sockets of bronze.

Silver » Made into » Bowls

Numbers 7:13

And his offering was one silver dish, and its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a food offering;

Numbers 7:84

This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the rulers of Israel: twelve platters of silver, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans.

Silver » Given by the israelite for making the tabernacle

Exodus 35:24

Everyone lifting up an offering of silver and bronze brought Jehovah's offering. And everyone with whom was found acacia-wood for any work of the service, brought it.

Exodus 25:3

And this is the offering which you shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,

Silver » Illustrative » Of the medo-persian kingdom

Daniel 2:32

This image's head was of fine gold; his breast and his arms were of silver; his belly and his thighs were of bronze;

Daniel 2:39

And after you shall arise another kingdom lower than you, and another third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.

Silver » Made into » Vessels

2 Samuel 8:10

Then Toi sent Joram his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and had struck him. For Hadadezer had wars against Toi. And in his hand were silver articles, and golden articles, and bronze articles.

Ezra 6:5

And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be given back and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, to their place, and place them in the house of God.

Silver » Made into » Candlesticks

1 Chronicles 28:15

and by weight for the lampstands of gold, and for their lamps of gold, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps. And he gave for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the lampstand and for its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;

Silver » Made into » Tables

1 Chronicles 28:16

and by weight gold for the tables of the showbread, for every table; silver for the tables of silver;

Silver » Workers

Acts 19:24

For a certain silversmith named Demetrius was making silver temples of Artemis, providing not a little trade for the craftsmen.

2 Chronicles 2:14

the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson. He also can engrave any kind of engraving, and can invent every device which shall be put to him, with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.

Silver » Purified, called » Refined silver

1 Chronicles 29:4

three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;

Silver » Made into » Wires (alluded to)

Ecclesiastes 12:6

or ever the silver cord is not loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern;

Silver » Taken in war purified by fire

Numbers 31:22-23

Only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, everything that can stand the fire, you shall make go through the fire, and it shall be clean. Only it shall be purified with the water of separation. And all that cannot stand the fire you shall make go through the water.

Silver » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the just

Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the just is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is worth little.

Silver » Illustrative » Of good rulers

Isaiah 1:22-23

Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water; your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

Silver » Described as » White and shining

Psalm 68:13-14

When you lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of a dove are covered with silver, and its pinions with the shimmer of gold. When the Almighty scatters kings in it, it snows on Salmon.

Silver » Dross from

Proverbs 25:4

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

Proverbs 26:23

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a broken piece of pottery with silver waste.

Silver » Purified, called » Choice silver

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and what I give is better than choice silver.

Silver » Illustrative » (reprobate,) of the wicked

Silver » Described as » Malleable

Jeremiah 10:9

Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith. Violet and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skillful ones.

Silver » Made into » Thin plates

Jeremiah 10:9

Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith. Violet and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skillful ones.

Silver » Generally found in an impure state

Proverbs 25:4

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

Silver » Illustrative » (labor of seeking for,) of diligence required for attaining knowledge

Silver » Made into » Chains

Isaiah 40:19

The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains.

Silver » Made into » Cups

Genesis 44:2

And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain silver. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

Silver » Comparative value of

Isaiah 60:17

For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver; and for wood I will bring bronze, and for stones, iron. I will also make your overseers to be peace, and your rulers to be righteousness.

Silver » Made into » Ornaments for the person

Exodus 3:22

But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that stays in her house, jewels of silver and jewels of gold and clothing. And you shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters. And you shall plunder the Egyptians.

Silver » Illustrative » Of the words of the lord

Silver » Made into » Beds or couches

Esther 1:6

White, green, and blue hangings were fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble. The beds were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red and white, and pearl, and black marble.

Silver » The working in, a trade

Acts 19:24

For a certain silversmith named Demetrius was making silver temples of Artemis, providing not a little trade for the craftsmen.

Silver » From tarshish

Ezekiel 27:12

Tarshish was your merchant because of the multitude of your wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they gave for your wares.

Silver » Chains

Isaiah 40:19

The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains.

Silver » Jewels

Song of Songs 1:11

We will make you borders of gold with studs of silver.

Silver » Baskets (rv), or filigree (margin, rv)

Proverbs 25:11

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Silver » Shrines

Acts 19:24

For a certain silversmith named Demetrius was making silver temples of Artemis, providing not a little trade for the craftsmen.

Silver » Reprobate

Silver » Palace

Song of Songs 8:9

If she is a wall, we will build on her a palace of silver; and if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

Silver » Veins of, found in the earth

Job 28:1

Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place where they refine gold.

Silver » Cups made of

Genesis 44:2

And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain silver. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

Silver » Trumpets

Numbers 10:2

Make two trumpets of silver for yourself. You shall make them of beaten work. And they shall be used for the calling of the assembly and for causing the camps to go forward.

Silver » Cords

Ecclesiastes 12:6

or ever the silver cord is not loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern;

Trumpet » Made of » Silver

Numbers 10:2

Make two trumpets of silver for yourself. You shall make them of beaten work. And they shall be used for the calling of the assembly and for causing the camps to go forward.

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Amassing Silver

Exodus 38:25

And the silver from those numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and seventeen hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;

Overlaid With Silver

Isaiah 30:22

You shall also defile the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away like a menstruous cloth. You shall say to it, Get away.

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