Job 28:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 you can desire are not to be compared to her.
  • Prov 31:10 : 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? For her worth is far above rubies.
  • Lam 4:7 : 7 Her Nazirites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their appearance was like sapphire.
  • Ezek 27:16 : 16 Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they occupied in your markets with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate.
  • Matt 7:6 : 6 Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
  • Matt 13:45-46 : 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.
  • 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 In the same way, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing;
  • Rev 17:4 : 4 And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication:
  • Rev 18:12 : 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood, and all types of vessels of ivory, and all kinds of vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
  • Rev 21:21 : 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each individual 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 cannot compare to it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:12-17
    6 verses
    88%

    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.'

    15It cannot be bought with gold, nor shall silver be weighed for its price.

    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.

  • Job 28:19-20
    2 verses
    86%

    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?

  • 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 cannot compare to it.

  • Prov 20:15
    78%

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

  • Prov 3:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

    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.

    16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.

  • Job 28:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    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:

  • Prov 31:10
    71%

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

  • Job 36:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Exod 28:17-20
    4 verses
    69%

    17And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald;

    18the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

    19the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

    20and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.

  • 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 choose understanding rather than silver!

  • Prov 11:22
    67%

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

  • Rev 18:12
    67%

    12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood, and all types of vessels of ivory, and all kinds of vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

  • Ezek 27:16
    67%

    16Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they occupied in your markets with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • Prov 23:4
    66%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    66%

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

  • Isa 54:12
    66%

    12And I will make your windows of agates, and your gates of carbuncles, and all your 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 you borders of gold with studs of silver.

  • Job 22:24
    65%

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

  • Ezek 28:4
    65%

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

  • Prov 4:7
    65%

    7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting, get understanding.

  • Prov 2:4
    65%

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

  • Prov 4:5
    65%

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

  • Prov 22:1
    65%

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

  • Ezek 28:13
    64%

    13You have been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tambourines and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created.

  • Prov 23:23
    64%

    23Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom, 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 hears not rebuke.

  • Prov 8:19
    64%

    19My fruit is better than gold, yes, 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.