Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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- Prov 3:15 : 15 She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
- Prov 31:10 : 10 A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
- Lam 4:7 : 7 Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.
- Ezek 27:16 : 16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
- Matt 7:6 : 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
- Matt 13:45-46 : 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: 46 and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
- 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;
- Rev 17:4 : 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even the unclean things of her fornication,
- Rev 18:12 : 12 merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;
- Rev 21:21 : 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
- Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
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- Job 28:12-176 verses88%
12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
14 The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
- Job 28:19-202 verses86%
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
- Prov 8:10-112 verses82%
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
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15 There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
- Prov 3:13-164 verses77%
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
14 For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.
- Job 28:6-72 verses74%
6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
7 That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:
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10 A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
- Job 36:18-192 verses69%
18 For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
19 Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?
- Exod 28:17-204 verses69%
17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;
18 and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
19 and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
20 and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.
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12 and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
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16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
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22 [ As] a ring of gold in a swine's snout, [So is] a fair woman that is without discretion.
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12 merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;
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16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
- Job 28:1-22 verses67%
1 Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
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4 Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.
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16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
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12 And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.
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20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
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11 We will make thee plaits of gold With studs of silver.
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24 And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, And [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
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4 by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;
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7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [Therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
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4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:
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5 Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
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1 A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
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13 Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was in thee; in the day that thou wast created they were prepared.
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23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; [Yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
- Exod 39:10-112 verses64%
10 And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;
11 and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
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8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.
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19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.