Verse 11

For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:15-19 : 15 Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir. 17 The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles. 19 The Topaz of Ethiopia shal not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 And more to be desired then golde, yea, then much fine golde: sweeter also then honie and the honie combe.
  • Prov 3:14-15 : 14 For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde. 15 It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.
  • Prov 20:15 : 15 There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?
  • Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Yea, doubtlesse I thinke all thinges but losse for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lorde, for whome I haue counted all things losse, and doe iudge them to bee dongue, that I might winne Christ, 9 And might bee founde in him, that is, not hauing mine owne righteousnesse, which is of the Lawe, but that which is through the faith of Christ, euen the righteousnesse which is of God through faith,
  • Prov 4:5-7 : 5 Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee. 7 Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 Therefore loue I thy commaundements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.