for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
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?
How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
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.
for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
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 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—
There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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. Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls. The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
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