Job 28:15

World English Bible (2000)

It can't be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
  • Prov 3:13-15 : 13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. 14 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
  • Prov 8:10-11 : 10 Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold. 11 For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.
  • Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver.
  • Job 28:18 : 18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:16-20
    5 verses
    90%

    16It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

    17Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

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

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

    20Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 28:12-14
    3 verses
    85%

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

    13Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

    14The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'

  • Prov 3:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

    15She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

  • Job 28:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

    7That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

    2Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.

  • Job 36:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

    19Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared 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%

    14"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

    15There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

  • Prov 16:16
    70%

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

  • Job 22:24
    70%

    24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among 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%

    9There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.

  • Ezek 7:19
    69%

    19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.

  • Prov 17:16
    69%

    16Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

  • Eccl 1:15
    69%

    15That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.

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

    8For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

  • Prov 8:19
    68%

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

  • Prov 6:35
    68%

    35He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

  • Isa 46:6
    68%

    6Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down--yes, they worship.

  • Ezek 28:4
    68%

    4by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;

  • Prov 22:1
    68%

    1A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

  • Prov 25:4
    68%

    4Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;

  • Prov 23:4
    68%

    4Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

  • Prov 31:10
    68%

    10Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

  • 1 Chr 21:24
    68%

    24King David said to Ornan, "No; but I will most certainly buy it for the full price. For I will not take that which is yours for Yahweh, nor offer a burnt offering without cost."

  • Job 15:29
    67%

    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

  • Gen 2:12
    67%

    12and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.

  • Job 11:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. 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 vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

  • Isa 13:12
    67%

    12I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold 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, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

  • Deut 33:15
    67%

    15for the chief things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

  • 1 Chr 28:14
    67%

    14of gold by weight for the [vessels of] gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; [of silver] for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;