Job 28:13

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:12
    86%

    12But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 28:14-21
    8 verses
    85%

    14The deep says, 'It is not in me,' and the sea declares, 'It is not with me.'

    15It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed in silver.

    16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

    17Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor is it exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

    18Coral and jasper are not worth mentioning; the price of wisdom is above pearls.

    19The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

    20But where does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding?

    21It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the sky.

  • Eccl 8:17
    76%

    17then 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.

  • Eccl 7:24
    75%

    24What exists is far off and exceedingly deep—who can discover it?

  • Eccl 8:7
    74%

    7Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell anyone what is to come?

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13Blessed is the one who finds wisdom and the one who obtains understanding.

    14For the profit from wisdom is better than the profit from silver, and her gain than fine gold.

  • Prov 8:11
    74%

    11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

  • Job 3:21
    73%

    21To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures.

  • Job 32:13
    73%

    13Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

    16Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?

  • Prov 30:3
    72%

    3I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Have you listened to the secret counsel of God and limited wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we do not know? What insight do you have that is not with us?

  • Job 11:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Can you search out the depths of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?

    8They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

  • Job 28:7
    72%

    7No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the hawk's eye seen it.

  • Job 32:9
    72%

    9It is not merely the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right.

  • Job 20:4
    72%

    4Do you not know this from ancient times, since man was placed on the earth,

  • Job 28:23
    72%

    23God understands its way, and He knows its place.

  • Job 36:19
    71%

    19Will your cry for help set things in order in distress, or will your exertions of strength suffice?

  • Eccl 6:12
    71%

    12For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

  • Prov 2:4
    71%

    4if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

  • Eccl 9:5
    71%

    5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten.

  • Job 36:26
    71%

    26Behold, God is great, and we do not comprehend Him; the number of His years is unsearchable.

  • Job 42:3
    71%

    3You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!

  • Eccl 2:21
    70%

    21For there is a person who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, but then must leave everything to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

  • Job 38:19-20
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    70%

    19Where is the way that light dwells, and where is the place of darkness,

    20that you may take it to its boundary and recognize the paths to its home?

  • Job 28:1
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    1Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

  • Eccl 9:10
    70%

    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

  • Prov 24:14
    70%

    14In the same way, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • Job 4:21
    70%

    21Isn't their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, and not with wisdom.

  • Eccl 1:15
    70%

    15What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

  • Eccl 6:8
    70%

    8What advantage has the wise person over the fool? What does the poor person gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?

  • Job 28:28
    70%

    28And He said to mankind, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'

  • Ps 139:6
    70%

    6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

  • Prov 20:15
    70%

    15There is gold and an abundance of jewels, but lips of knowledge are a precious treasure.

  • Eccl 3:21
    69%

    21Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down to the earth?

  • Prov 16:16
    69%

    16How much better to get wisdom than gold, to gain understanding rather than silver!

  • Job 5:27
    69%

    27Behold, we have examined this, and it is true. Listen to it and apply it to yourself.