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• he has tested them like gold in a furnace, and accepted them as a perfect burnt offering. (Wisdom of Solomon 3, 6)

• I reckoned no precious stone to be her equal, for compared with her, all gold is a pinch of sand, and beside her, silver ranks as mud. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 9)

• But wretched are they, with their hopes set on dead things, who have given the title of gods to human artefacts, gold or silver, skilfully worked, figures of animals, or useless stone, carved by some hand long ago. (Wisdom of Solomon 13, 10)

• since gold is tested in the fire, and the chosen in the furnace of humiliation. (Ecclesiasticus 2, 5)

• Do not barter a friend away for the sake of profit, nor a true brother for the gold of Ophir. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 18)

• Do not turn against a wise and good wife; her gracious presence is worth more than gold. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 19)

• Do not quarrel with anyone rich, in case he puts his weight against you; for gold has destroyed many, and has swayed the hearts of kings. (Ecclesiasticus 8, 2)

• Be sure you put a thorn-hedge round your property, lock away your silver and gold; (Ecclesiasticus 28, 24)

• Use your wealth as the Most High has decreed; you will find that more profitable than gold. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 11)

• Health and strength are better than any gold, a robust body than untold wealth. (Ecclesiasticus 30, 15)

• Gold has been the ruin of many; their coming destruction was self-evident, (Ecclesiasticus 31, 6)

• Happy the rich who is found to be blameless and does not go chasing after gold. (Ecclesiasticus 31, 8)