Proverbs 2:4 Cross References - ACV

⁴ if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

²¹ who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures,

¹² But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? ¹³ Man does not know the price of it, nor is it found in the land of the living. ¹⁴ The deep says, It is not in me. And the sea says, It is not with me. ¹⁵ It cannot be gotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price of it. ¹⁶ It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. ¹⁷ Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. ¹⁸ No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. ¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold. ²⁰ Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?

¹⁰ More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.

¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies as much as in all riches.

⁷² The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.

¹⁴ For the gain of it is better than the gain of silver, and the profit of it than fine gold. ¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things thou can desire are to be compared to her.

¹⁸ Riches and honor are with me, durable wealth and righteousness. ¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver.

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

²³ Buy the truth, and do not sell it, yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

⁸ There is one man who is alone, and he has not a second, yea, he has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end of all his labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, he says, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a great travail.

¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal, ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust deteriorates, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

⁴⁴ Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man having found, he hid. And from the joy of it, he goes and sells all, as many things as he has, and buys that field.

²¹ Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. ²² But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.

²⁹ And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.

⁸ And his lord commended the unrighteous manager because he did shrewdly. Because the sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of the light.