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Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well. (niv)
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Proverbs 3:14-15
for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. (niv)
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Job 28:15-19
It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold. (niv)
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Isaiah 53:8
By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. (niv)
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Proverbs 8:18-19
With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. (niv)
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Matthew 13:44-46
“ The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. (niv)
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Proverbs 16:16
How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! (niv)
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Psalms 52:5
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (niv)
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Psalms 19:10
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb. (niv)
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Psalms 119:72
The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the labor that is done on earth— people getting no sleep day or night—then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can discover its meaning. Even if the wise claim they know, they cannot really comprehend it. (niv)
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Proverbs 8:11
for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. (niv)
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Job 28:21-22
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.Destruction and Death say,“ Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.” (niv)
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Isaiah 38:11
I said,“ I will not again see the Lord himself in the land of the living; no longer will I look on my fellow man, or be with those who now dwell in this world. (niv)