Proverbs 4:7 Cross References - Webster

⁷ Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

¹⁶ (49:15)But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. ¹⁷ (49:16)Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; ¹⁸ (49:17)For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. ¹⁹ (49:18)Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. ²⁰ (49:19)He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

¹⁰⁴ Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁶ How much better is it to get wisdom than gold? and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver?

⁶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.

²³ Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

⁴ I made me great works; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards: ⁵ I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: ⁶ I made me pools of water, to water with them the wood that bringeth forth trees: ⁷ I procured me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: ⁸ I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and of the provinces: I procured me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and of all sorts. ⁹ So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

⁸ There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous labor.

¹² For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense: but the excellence of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

¹⁶ Then said I, wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. ¹⁷ The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. ¹⁸ Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

⁴⁴ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field; which, when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking goodly pearls: ⁴⁶ Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

³⁶ For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul: ³⁷ Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

⁴² But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

²⁰ But God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

⁸ Yes doubtless, and I count all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be dung, that I may win Christ,