Proverbs 16:16
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
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Proverbs 16:16
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
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Proverbs 3:14
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Proverbs 3:15
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Psalms 119:72
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Job 28:12
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:13
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Job 28:14
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Job 28:15
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Job 28:17
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Job 28:19
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Psalms 119:127
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Proverbs 20:15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 3:13
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Proverbs 2:2
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Proverbs 2:3
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Proverbs 2:4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Proverbs 2:5
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
1 Kings 3:9
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
Proverbs 3:16
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
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Proverbs 8:10
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Proverbs 8:18
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Psalms 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psalms 119:162
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
Psalms 119:14
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Psalms 119:111
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
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Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 19:8
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Proverbs 22:23
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
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Matthew 13:44
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew 13:45
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Matthew 13:46
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Philippians 3:8
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Philippians 3:9
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Revelation 3:18
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Psalms 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 19:29
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
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Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew 6:21
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
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Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
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Psalms 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Ecclesiastes 5:14
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
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1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
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1 Timothy 6:8
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
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