Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
“But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living. The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’ It cannot be bought for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price. It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.
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