Bible Cross References
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 15:6
Righteous people keep their wealth, but the wicked lose theirs when hard times come.
Proverbs 20:15
If you know what you are talking about, you have something more valuable than gold or jewels.
Proverbs 21:20
Wise people live in wealth and luxury, but stupid people spend their money as fast as they get it.
Proverbs 27:23-27
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Look after your sheep and cattle as carefully as you can,
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because wealth is not permanent. Not even nations last forever.
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You cut the hay and then cut the grass on the hillsides while the next crop of hay is growing.
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You can make clothes from the wool of your sheep and buy land with the money you get from selling some of your goats.
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The rest of the goats will provide milk for you and your family, and for your servant women as well.
1 Kings 4:22-28
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The supplies Solomon needed each day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal;
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10 stall-fed cattle, 20 pasture-fed cattle, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and poultry.
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Solomon ruled over all the land west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah on the Euphrates as far west as the city of Gaza. All the kings west of the Euphrates were subject to him, and he was at peace with all the neighboring countries.
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As long as he lived, the people throughout Judah and Israel lived in safety, each family with its own grapevines and fig trees.
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Solomon had forty thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand cavalry horses.
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His twelve governors, each one in the month assigned to him, supplied the food King Solomon needed for himself and for all who ate in the palace; they always supplied everything needed.
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Each governor also supplied his share of barley and straw, where it was needed, for the chariot horses and the work animals.
1 Chronicles 27:25-31
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This is the list of those who administered the royal property: Royal storerooms: Azmaveth son of Adiel Local storerooms: Jonathan son of Uzziah Farm labor: Ezri son of Chelub Vineyards: Shimei from Ramah Wine cellars: Zabdi from Shepham Olive and sycamore trees (in the western foothills): Baal Hanan from Geder Olive oil storage: Joash Cattle in the Plain of Sharon: Shitrai from Sharon Cattle in the valleys: Shaphat son of Adlai Camels: Obil, an Ishmaelite Donkeys: Jehdeiah from Meronoth Sheep and goats: Jaziz, a Hagrite
1 Chronicles 29:2-9
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I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple---gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble.
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Over and above all this that I have provided, I have given silver and gold from my personal property because of my love for God's Temple.
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I have given 115 tons of the finest gold and 265 tons of pure silver for decorating the walls of the Temple
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and for all the objects which the skilled workers are to make. Now who else is willing to give a generous offering to the LORD?"
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Then the heads of the clans, the officials of the tribes, the commanders of the army, and the administrators of the royal property volunteered to give
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the following for the work on the Temple: 190 tons of gold, 380 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze, and 3,750 tons of iron.
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Those who had precious stones gave them to the Temple treasury, which was administered by Jehiel of the Levite clan of Gershon.
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The people had given willingly to the LORD, and they were happy that so much had been given. King David also was extremely happy.
2 Chronicles 4:18-22
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So many objects were made that no one determined the total weight of the bronze used.
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King Solomon also had gold furnishings made for the Temple: the altar and the tables for the bread offered to God;
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the lampstands and the lamps of fine gold that were to burn in front of the Most Holy Place, according to plan;
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the flower decorations, the lamps, and the tongs;
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the lamp snuffers, the bowls, the dishes for incense, and the pans used for carrying live coals. All these objects were made of pure gold. The outer doors of the Temple and the doors to the Most Holy Place were overlaid with gold.
2 Chronicles 26:4-11
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Following the example of his father, he did what was pleasing to the LORD.
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As long as Zechariah, his religious adviser, was living, he served the LORD faithfully, and God blessed him.
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Uzziah went to war against the Philistines. He tore down the walls of the cities of Gath, Jamnia, and Ashdod, and built fortified cities near Ashdod and in the rest of Philistia.
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God helped him defeat the Philistines, the Arabs living at Gurbaal, and the Meunites.
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The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and he became so powerful that his fame spread even to Egypt.
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Uzziah strengthened the fortifications of Jerusalem by building towers at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and where the wall turned.
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He also built fortified towers in the open country and dug many cisterns, because he had large herds of livestock in the western foothills and plains. Because he loved farming, he encouraged the people to plant vineyards in the hill country and to farm the fertile land.
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He had a large army ready for battle. Its records were kept by his secretaries Jeiel and Maaseiah under the supervision of Hananiah, a member of the king's staff.
Nehemiah 10:39
The people of Israel and the Levites are to take the contributions of grain, wine, and olive oil to the storerooms where the utensils for the Temple are kept and where the priests who are on duty, the Temple guards, and the members of the Temple choir have their quarters. We will not neglect the house of our God.
Nehemiah 13:5-13
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He allowed Tobiah to use a large room that was intended only for storing offerings of grain and incense, the equipment used in the Temple, the offerings for the priests, and the tithes of grain, wine, and olive oil given to the Levites, to the Temple musicians, and to the Temple guards.
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While this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, because in the thirty-second year that Artaxerxes was king of Babylon I had gone back to report to him. After some time I received his permission
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and returned to Jerusalem. There I was shocked to find that Eliashib had allowed Tobiah to use a room in the Temple.
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I was furious and threw out all of Tobiah's belongings.
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I gave orders for the rooms to be ritually purified and for the Temple equipment, grain offerings, and incense to be put back.
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I also learned that the Temple musicians and other Levites had left Jerusalem and gone back to their farms, because the people had not been giving them enough to live on.
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I reprimanded the officials for letting the Temple be neglected. And I brought the Levites and musicians back to the Temple and put them to work again.
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Then all the people of Israel again started bringing to the Temple storerooms their tithes of grain, wine, and olive oil.
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I put the following men in charge of the storerooms: Shelemiah, a priest; Zadok, a scholar of the Law; and Pedaiah, a Levite. Hanan, the son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah, was to be their assistant. I knew I could trust these men to be honest in distributing the supplies to the other workers.
Matthew 13:52
So he replied, "This means, then, that every teacher of the Law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who takes new and old things out of his storage room."