Verse 13

Mankind does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

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  • Job 28:15-19 : 15 It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed in silver. 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 is it exchanged for jewels of fine gold. 18 Coral and jasper are not worth mentioning; the price of wisdom is above pearls. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
  • Job 28:21-22 : 21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the sky. 22 Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor about it with our ears.'
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, and altogether righteous.
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 You love evil more than good, and falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
  • Ps 119:72 : 72 Your law is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
  • Prov 3:14-15 : 14 For the profit from wisdom is better than the profit from silver, and her gain than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire compares with her.
  • Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
  • Prov 8:18-19 : 18 Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness. 19 My fruit is better than fine gold, even pure gold, and my yield surpasses choice silver.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better to get wisdom than gold, to gain understanding rather than silver!
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth and do not sell it—wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
  • Eccl 8:16-17 : 16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the work that is done on earth, even though people do not see sleep with their eyes day or night, 17 then I saw all the work of God, that no one can understand the work that is done under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can comprehend it. Even if the wise claim to know, they cannot truly understand it.
  • Isa 38:11 : 11 I said, "I will not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on humanity or be with those who dwell in the world of the dead."
  • Isa 53:8 : 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.
  • Matt 13:44-46 : 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 went and sold all he had and bought that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. 46 When he found one very precious pearl, he went away, sold everything he had, and bought it.