Proverbs 2:4

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Proverbs 2:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

5 then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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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 8:18

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.

Psalms 19:10

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

Psalms 119:14

I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.

Psalms 119:72

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

Psalms 119:127

Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.

Matthew 6:19

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Matthew 6:20

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Matthew 6:21

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 13:44

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Matthew 19:22

When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

Job 28:12

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

Job 28:13

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

Job 28:14

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

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.

Job 28:20

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

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

Luke 16:8

The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.