Verse 10

More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:72 : 72 ¶ The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 ¶ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 ¶ Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
  • Prov 3:13-15 : 13 ¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto 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 are not to be compared to it.
  • Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 ¶ How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
  • Job 23:12 : 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
  • Job 28:15-17 : 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed [for] the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
  • Ps 63:5 : 5 My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips:
  • 1 Sam 14:26-29 : 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that [was] in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. 28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food this day. And the people were faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
  • Prov 24:13 : 13 ¶ My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: