Job 28:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:15 : 15 She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.
  • Prov 31:10 : 10 Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.
  • Lam 4:7 : 7 Her holy ones were cleaner than snow, they were whiter than milk, their bodies were redder than corals, their form was as the sapphire:
  • Ezek 27:16 : 16 Edom did business with you because of the great number of things which you made; they gave emeralds, purple, and needlework, and the best linen and coral and rubies for your goods.
  • Matt 7:6 : 6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
  • Matt 13:45-46 : 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels. 46 And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.
  • 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;
  • Rev 17:4 : 4 And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires;
  • Rev 18:12 : 12 Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone;
  • Rev 21:21 : 21 And the twelve doors were twelve pearls; every door was made of one pearl; and the street of the town was clear gold, as clear as glass.
  • Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:12-17
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    88%

    12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

    13 Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

    14 The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

    15 Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

    16 It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

    17 Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

  • Job 28:19-20
    2 verses
    86%

    19 The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.

    20 From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    82%

    10 Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

    11 For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

  • Prov 20:15
    78%

    15 There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

  • Prov 3:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

    14 For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

    15 She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.

    16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

  • Job 28:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

    7 No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

  • Prov 31:10
    71%

    10 Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

  • Job 36:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18 ...

    19 ...

  • Exod 28:17-20
    4 verses
    69%

    17 And on it you are to put four lines of jewels; the first line is to be a cornelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;

    18 The second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;

    19 The third, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

    20 The fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.

  • Gen 2:12
    67%

    12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

  • Prov 16:16
    67%

    16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

  • Prov 11:22
    67%

    22 Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.

  • Rev 18:12
    67%

    12 Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone;

  • Ezek 27:16
    67%

    16 Edom did business with you because of the great number of things which you made; they gave emeralds, purple, and needlework, and the best linen and coral and rubies for your goods.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1 Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

    2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

  • Prov 23:4
    66%

    4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

  • Prov 17:16
    66%

    16 How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Isa 54:12
    66%

    12 I will make your towers of rubies, and your doors of carbuncles, and the wall round you will be of all sorts of beautiful stones.

  • Rev 21:20
    66%

    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.

  • Song 1:11
    66%

    11 We will make you chains of gold with ornaments of silver.

  • Job 22:24
    65%

    24 And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;

  • Ezek 28:4
    65%

    4 By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:

  • Prov 4:7
    65%

    7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

  • Prov 2:4
    65%

    4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

  • Prov 4:5
    65%

    5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 22:1
    65%

    1 A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

  • Ezek 28:13
    64%

    13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.

  • Prov 23:23
    64%

    23 Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

  • Exod 39:10-11
    2 verses
    64%

    10 And on it they put four lines of stones: in the first line was a carnelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;

    11 In the second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;

  • Prov 13:8
    64%

    8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

  • Prov 8:19
    64%

    19 My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

  • Prov 14:24
    64%

    24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.