Job 28:18

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 ecious 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 ice 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 pcious 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 pcious 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 pcious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
  • Rev 21:21 : 21 And the twelve gates we twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the stet of the city was pu gold, as it we transpant 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:12-17
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    88%

    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.

    14The 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 28:19-20
    2 verses
    86%

    19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

    20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Prov 20:15
    78%

    15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a ecious jewel.

  • Prov 3:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    13Happy 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 ecious 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 28:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

    7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

  • Prov 31:10
    71%

    10Who can find a virtuous woman? for her ice is far above rubies.

  • Job 36:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    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 28:17-20
    4 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Gen 2:12
    67%

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

  • Prov 16:16
    67%

    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

  • Prov 11:22
    67%

    22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

  • Rev 18:12
    67%

    12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and pcious 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 pcious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

  • Ezek 27:16
    67%

    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 28:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1Surely 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.

  • Prov 23:4
    66%

    4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

  • Prov 17:16
    66%

    16Wherefore is there a ice in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

  • Isa 54:12
    66%

    12And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

  • Rev 21:20
    66%

    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.

  • Song 1:11
    66%

    11We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

  • Job 22:24
    65%

    24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

  • Ezek 28:4
    65%

    4With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

  • Prov 4:7
    65%

    7Wisdom is the incipal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

  • Prov 2:4
    65%

    4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

  • Prov 4:5
    65%

    5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 22:1
    65%

    1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

  • Ezek 28:13
    64%

    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.

  • Prov 23:23
    64%

    23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

  • Exod 39:10-11
    2 verses
    64%

    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.

  • Prov 13:8
    64%

    8The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 8:19
    64%

    19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

  • Prov 14:24
    64%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.