Verse 72
The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 19:10 : 10 They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.
- Prov 8:10-11 : 10 Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. 11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her.
- Ps 119:127 : 127 For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold.
- Ps 119:162 : 162 I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.
- Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruit is better than the purest gold, and my harvest is better than choice silver.
- Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Matt 13:44-46 : 44 Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field. 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. 46 When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.
- Prov 3:14-15 : 14 For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.
- Ps 119:14 : 14 I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.
- Ps 119:111 : 111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.