Gold represents wealth and power, but the Bible teaches that true value lies in wisdom and faith. Material riches can fade, but spiritual treasures endure. By focusing on what truly matters, you build a foundation that lasts. Seek the eternal over the temporary, and you’ll find lasting fulfillment.
Below is the full list of bible verses on gold (King James Version – KJV). The list is ranked in order of popularity and we hope you find the inspiration you need.
Most Popular Bible Verses About Gold
Proverbs 17:3
“3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.”
Related Themes: Heart
1 Peter 1:7
“7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:”
1 Kings 9:28
“28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.”
Revelation 3:18
“18 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, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.”
Deuteronomy 17:17
“17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.”
Related Themes: Monogamy
Zechariah 13:9
“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 hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.”
Proverbs 8:19
“19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.”
Genesis 2:12
“12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.”
1 Kings 10:11
“11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.”
Genesis 24:22
“22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;”
Related Themes: Jewelry
1 Chronicles 29:4
“4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:”
Psalm 19:10
“10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.”
1 Kings 10:10
“10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.”
Ezekiel 28:4
“4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:”
Related Themes: Money
Psalm 72:15
“15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.”
Genesis 2:11-12
“11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.”
Genesis 24:35
“35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.”
Jeremiah 10:9
“9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.”
Haggai 2:8
“8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.”
Malachi 3:3
“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 offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.”
Genesis 2:11
“11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;”
Job 22:24
“24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.”
Proverbs 27:21
“21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.”
2 Chronicles 3:6
“6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.”
1 Kings 10:21
“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 nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.”
Exodus 20:23
“23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.”
Acts 3:6
“6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.”
Related Themes: Sacrifice
Job 23:10
“10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”
Related Themes: Never Give Up
1 Kings 22:48
“48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.”
