Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
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- Prov 3:15 : 15 She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
- Prov 31:10 : 10 ¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
- Lam 4:7 : 7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing [was] of sapphire:
- Ezek 27:16 : 16 Syria [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
- Matt 7:6 : 6 ‹Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.›
- Matt 13:45-46 : 45 ‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:› 46 ‹Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.›
- 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 ¶ In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
- Rev 17:4 : 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
- Rev 18:12 : 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
- Rev 21:21 : 21 And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls; every several gate 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 to it.
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- Job 28:12-176 verses88%
12But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14¶ The depth saith, It [is] not in me: and the sea saith, [It is] not with me.
15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed [for] the price thereof.
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
- Job 28:19-202 verses86%
19The 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%
10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
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15¶ There is gold, and a multitude 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.
14For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.
- Job 28:6-72 verses74%
6The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7[There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
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10¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
- Job 36:18-192 verses69%
18Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
19Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
- Exod 28:17-204 verses69%
17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, [even] four rows of stones: [the first] row [shall be] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: [this shall be] the first row.
18And the second row [shall be] an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
19And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
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12And 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! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
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22¶ [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.
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12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
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16Syria [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
- Job 28:1-22 verses67%
1¶ Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].
2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass [is] molten [out of] the stone.
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4¶ Labour not 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 get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
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12And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
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20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
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11We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
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24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
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4With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
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7Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
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4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;
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5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] 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 favour rather than silver and gold.
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13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, 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 prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
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23Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
- Exod 39:10-112 verses64%
10And they set in it four rows of stones: [the first] row [was] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this [was] the first row.
11And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
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8¶ The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
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19My 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 foolishness of fools [is] folly.