For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.


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Exodus 23 8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Leviticus 26 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Deuteronomy 29 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
Deuteronomy 32 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
1 Samuel 12 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
1 Kings 4 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
1 Kings 4 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
1 Chronicles 29 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
2 Chronicles 1 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
2 Chronicles 15 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 9 10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
Job 11 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 12 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Job 12 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Job 13 2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
Job 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 28 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Job 28 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Job 28 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 32 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 35 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Psalms 9 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Psalms 19 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psalms 22 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psalms 37 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms 37 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 49 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 49 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Psalms 51 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 62 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Psalms 75 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms 92 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalms 111 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalms 118 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
Psalms 119 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Psalms 119 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Psalms 119 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Psalms 139 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Proverbs 1 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Proverbs 1 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Proverbs 1 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 1 6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs 1 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.