Bible Cross References
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs 3:15-18
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She is more precious than rubies, and all the things you can desire are not to be compared with her.
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Length of days is in her right hand, riches and honor in her left hand.
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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
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She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her, and happy is everyone who holds fast to her.
Proverbs 4:7
The first thing about wisdom is: Get wisdom. And with all your getting, get understanding.
Proverbs 8:10
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge, rather than choice gold.
Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than jewels, and all delightful things cannot be compared to it.
Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Job 28:13-28
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Man does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
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The deep says, It is not in me; and the sea says, It is not with me.
15
It cannot be given for gold, nor can silver be weighed for its price.
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It cannot be weighed against the gold of Ophir, the precious onyx or sapphire.
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Neither gold nor crystal can be compared to it, nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.
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No mention shall be made of coral or crystal, for the acquiring of wisdom is above precious stones.
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The topaz of Ethiopia cannot be compared to it, nor can it be weighed out for pure gold.
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From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?
21
It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the heavens.
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Abaddon and Death say, We have heard a report of it with our ears.
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God understands its way, and He knows its place.
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For He looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heavens,
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to appoint a weight for the wind, and mete out the waters by measure.
26
When He made a decree for the rain, and a path for the thunderbolt,
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then He saw and declared it; He prepared it, yea, He searched it out.
28
And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalm 119:127
Therefore I have loved Your Commandments more than gold, yea, than fine gold.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense; but the excellence of knowledge is, that wisdom gives life to those who have it.
Matthew 16:26
For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Luke 12:21
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.