Job 28:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

It cannot be bought with gold, nor shall silver be weighed for its price.

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  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!
  • Prov 3:13-15 : 13 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding. 14 For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared to her.
  • Prov 8:10-11 : 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 cannot compare to it.
  • Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
  • Job 28:18 : 18 No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I love those who love me; and those who seek me early shall find me.

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  • Job 28:16-20
    5 verses
    90%

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

    17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

    18No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

    19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.

    20From where then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 28:12-14
    3 verses
    85%

    12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

    13Man does not know its value; nor is it found in the land of the living.

    14The depth says, 'It is not in me'; and the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

  • Prov 3:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold.

    15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared to her.

  • Job 28:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

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

    7There is a path that no bird knows, and the vulture's eye has not seen:

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Surely there is a source for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

    2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is melted from the stone.

  • Job 36:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18Because there is wrath, beware lest he takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

    19Will he value your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    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 cannot compare to it.

  • Eccl 5:10
    72%

    10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

  • Prov 20:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14It is worthless, it is worthless, says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

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

  • Prov 16:16
    70%

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

  • Job 22:24
    70%

    24Then you shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

  • Job 3:15
    70%

    15Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

  • Prov 2:4
    70%

    4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

  • Jer 10:9
    70%

    9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple are their clothing: they are all the work of skilled men.

  • Ezek 7:19
    69%

    19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD; they shall not satisfy their souls, nor fill their stomachs, because it is the stumbling block of their iniquity.

  • Prov 17:16
    69%

    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Eccl 1:15
    69%

    15That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.

  • Ps 49:7-8
    2 verses
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    7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

    8For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever:

  • Prov 8:19
    68%

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

  • Prov 6:35
    68%

    35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he be content, though you give many gifts.

  • Isa 46:6
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    6They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship.

  • Ezek 28:4
    68%

    4With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, and gathered gold and silver into your treasures:

  • Prov 22:1
    68%

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

  • Prov 25:4
    68%

    4Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for the refiner will appear.

  • Prov 23:4
    68%

    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

  • Prov 31:10
    68%

    10Who can find a virtuous woman? For her worth is far above rubies.

  • 1 Chr 21:24
    68%

    24But King David said to Ornan, No; but I will buy it for the full price: for I will not take what is yours for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

  • Job 15:29
    67%

    29He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

  • Gen 2:12
    67%

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

  • Job 11:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8It is as high as heaven; what can you do? Deeper than the grave; what can you know?

    9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • 2 Chr 4:18
    67%

    18Thus Solomon made all these articles in great abundance, because the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

  • Isa 13:12
    67%

    12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

  • Ps 135:15
    67%

    15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

  • Prov 27:24
    67%

    24For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to every generation?

  • Deut 33:15
    67%

    15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

  • 1 Chr 28:14
    67%

    14He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all kinds of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: