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Job 28:3 — He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

searcheth		Pro 2:4; Ecc 1:13; Hab 2:13; Mat 6:33; Luk 16:8
the stones		Job 10:21,22; Job 12:22; Job 38:16,17

Correlating Passages

searcheth

	Pro 2:4	If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;
	Ecc 1:13	And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
	Hab 2:13	Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
	Mat 6:33	But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
	Luk 16:8	And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

the stones

	Job 10:21	Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
	Job 10:22	A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
	Job 12:22	He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
	Job 38:16	Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
	Job 38:17	Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 28:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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