9 The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
Job 28:9
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Job 28:2–4
2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore. 3 Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness. 4 Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles…
Job 14:17–19
17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity. 18 But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place, 19 as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
Ecclesiastes 10:8–10
8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake. 9 The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself. 10 If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, b…
Job 9:4–6
4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered? 5 He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger. 6 He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
Proverbs 25:3–5
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Isaiah 1:30–31
30 For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water. 31 The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
Psalms 65:5–7
5 With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas. 6 You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might. 7 You stilled the roaring of the seas, the poundi…
Psalms 78:15–17
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. 16 He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers. 17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
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