If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

“Surely ²  there is a mine ³  for silver, and a place where gold is refined. ⁴ 

Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

if I have eaten its produce without paying, ¹  or caused the death ²  of its owners, ³ 

The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ¹ 

The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made. ¹ 

For her ¹  benefit ²  is more profitable ³  than silver, and her ⁴  gain ⁵  is better ⁶  than gold.

He has taken a bag of money with him; ¹  he will not return until ²  the end of the month.” ³ 

Receive my instruction ¹  rather than ²  silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

My fruit is better than the purest gold, ¹  and what I produce ²  is better than choice silver.

What the righteous say ¹  is like ²  the best ³  silver, but what the wicked think ⁴  is of little value. ⁵ 

The crucible ¹  is for refining ²  silver and the furnace ³  is for gold, likewise ⁴  the Lord tests ⁵  hearts.

A good name ¹  is to be chosen ²  rather than great wealth, good favor ³  more than silver or gold.

Like apples of gold in settings of silver, ¹  so is a word skillfully spoken. ² 

As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, ¹  so a person ²  is proved ³  by the praise he receives. ⁴ 

We ¹  will make for you gold ornaments studded with silver. ² 

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you ¹  in the furnace of misery.

They are regarded as ‘rejected silver’ ¹  because the Lord rejects them.”

He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it ¹  together so that it will not fall over.

I signed the deed of purchase, ¹  sealed it, and had some men serve as witnesses to the purchase. ²  I weighed out the silver for him on a scale.