Job 28:18

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Job 28:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

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

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

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

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

20 From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

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Ezekiel 27:16

Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.

Matthew 7:6

Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

Matthew 13:45

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

Matthew 13:46

When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

1 Timothy 2:9

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

Revelation 17:4

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

Revelation 18:12

cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;

Revelation 21:21

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

Proverbs 3:15

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

Proverbs 31:10

A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

Lamentations 4:7

Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.