Proverbs 2:4 Cross References - Bishops

⁴ If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures

²¹ Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures

¹² Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding ¹³ Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue ¹⁴ The deepe sayth, She is not in me: the sea sayth, She is not with me ¹⁵ She can not be gotten for golde, neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer ¹⁶ No wedges of gold of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphires may be valued with her ¹⁷ No, neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it, nor her exchaunge shalbe for the plate of fine golde ¹⁸ No mention shalbe made of Corall nor of the Gabis: for wisdome is more precious then pearles ¹⁹ The Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde ²⁰ Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding

¹⁰ (19:9) They are more to be desired then golde, yea then much fine golde: they are also sweeter then hony and the hony combe

¹⁴ (119:6) I am delighted in the way of thy testimonies: as in all maner of riches

⁷² (119:8) The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me: then thousandes of golde & siluer

¹²⁷ (119:7) Therfore I loue thy commaundementes: aboue golde and precious stone

¹⁴ For the marchaundise of it, is better then the marchaundise of siluer, and the gayne therof [is better] then golde ¹⁵ She is more worth then pretious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her

¹⁸ Riches and honour are with me, yea durable riches and righteousnes ¹⁹ My fruite is better then golde and pretious stones, and mine encrease more worth then fine siluer

¹⁶ To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer

²³ Purchase trueth, wysdome, nurture, and vnderstanding, and sell them not

⁸ There is one man, no mo but himselfe alone, hauing neither childe nor brother, yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches: [yet saith he not] for whom do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life? This is also a vayne and miserable thyng

¹⁹ Hoorde not vp for your selues, treasures vpon earth, where the moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake through, and steale ²⁰ But laye vp for you, treasures in heauen, where neyther moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where theeues do not breake through, nor steale ²¹ For, where your treasure is, there wyll your heart be also

⁴⁴ Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto treasure hyd in the fielde: the which a man hath founde, and hyd, and for ioy therof, goeth and selleth all that he hath, and byeth the fielde

²¹ Iesus sayde vnto hym: yf thou wylt be perfect, go & sell that thou hast, and geue to the poore, & thou shalt haue treasure in heauen: and come & folowe me ²² But when the young man hearde that saying, he went away sory: For he had great possessions

²⁹ And euery one that forsaketh house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wyfe, or chyldren, or landes, for my names sake, shall receaue an hundred folde, and shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe

⁸ And the Lord commended the vniuste stewarde, because he had done wisely. For the chyldren of this worlde are in their nation, wiser then the chyldren of lyght