Gold, silver, bronze, iron, copper, tin and lead are all mentioned in Scripture. Prized for their value, they were used in a variety of ways. Scripture uses as an image a metal refiner's fire for the purification of the lives of believers.

Job 23:10

Gold

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Exodus 25:10-22; 38:21-24
1 Kings 6:27-35; 7:48-50; 10:14-21
Psalms 19:7-11
Revelation 3:18; 17:4
Psalms 12:6

Silver

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Genesis 37:26-28
Exodus 38:25-28
2 Chronicles 9:26-27
Psalms 119:72
Matthew 27:3-10
Genesis 4:22

Bronze

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Exodus 27:1-7; 38:29-31
Numbers 16:31-40
2 Chronicles 4:9-18
Deuteronomy 3:11

Iron

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Deuteronomy 8:7-9
Judges 4:2-3
Job 40:15-18
Ezekiel 27:19
Job 28:2

Copper

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Mark 12:41-44

pp Lk 21:1-4

Ezekiel 27:12

Tin

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Ezekiel 22:18
Exodus 15:10

Lead

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It was an exceptionally heavy metal

Zechariah 5:5-8
Jeremiah 6:29

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It was refined before use

Numbers 31:21-23
Ezekiel 22:18-20
Job 19:23-24

Inscriptions were sometimes made on lead

Ezekiel 27:12

It was traded between nations

Joshua 22:8

The value of metals

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All metals were of value

1 Chronicles 18:10; 22:14; 29:1-7
Revelation 18:11-12
Isaiah 60:17

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The relative value of metals

1 Kings 10:21
1 Kings 14:25-28

pp 2Ch 9:20

1 Kings 10:22

Trade with metals

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Genesis 37:28

pp 2Ch 9:21

1 Kings 10:11,14-15
1 Kings 22:48
Ezekiel 27:13,22

pp 2Ch 9:13-14

Zephaniah 1:11
Leviticus 19:4

Idols were often made from various metals

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1 Kings 14:9
Psalms 106:19
Isaiah 48:5
Daniel 5:22-23; 11:8
Isaiah 48:10

The refining of metals as an image of purification

Malachi 3:2

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Psalms 12:6
Zechariah 13:9

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4306 minerals
4312 bronze
4321 copper
4333 gold
4336 iron
4345 metalworkers
4351 refining
4363 silver
4372 tin
5587 trade
7416 purification
8768 idolatry