if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

And I have given my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that which is done under the heavens. It is an evil task which God has given to the sons of men to be busied with.

Behold, is it not of Jehovah of Hosts that the people labor only to feed the fire, and nations weary themselves only for vanity.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

So the master commended the unjust steward because he had acted prudently. For the sons of this world are more prudent in their generation than the sons of light.

before I go and not return; to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

a land of darkness and gloom, as the shadow of death, without any order; where it shines as darkness.

He reveals deep dark mysteries, and brings out the deep darkness into the light of day.

Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?

Have the gates of death been disclosed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?