Job 28:13

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Job 28:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.

12 But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

13 No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

14 The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’

15 It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

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Job 28:15

It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

Job 28:16

It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

Job 28:17

Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.

Job 28:18

Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

Job 28:19

Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Psalms 19:10

They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

Psalms 119:72

The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Proverbs 3:14

for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.

Proverbs 3:15

She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.

Proverbs 8:11

For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.

Proverbs 8:18

With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

Proverbs 23:23

Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—

Ecclesiastes 8:17

I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

Job 28:21

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

Job 28:22

Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’

Psalms 52:5

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Isaiah 38:11

I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

Isaiah 53:8

By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.