Proverbs 2:4

WEB

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

KJV

⁴If thou seekest^[+] her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

BSB

⁴if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

FBV

⁴if you look for it as if it were silver and search for it as if it were hidden treasure;

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Matthew 13:44

⁴⁴“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Proverbs 16:16

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

Matthew 19:29

²⁹Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

Proverbs 8:18-19

¹⁸With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity. ¹⁹My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.

¹²“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding? ¹³Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living. ¹⁴The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’ ¹⁵It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price. ¹⁶It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.¹⁷^[+] Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. ¹⁸No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies. ¹⁹The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold. ²⁰Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

Job 3:21

²¹who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

Psalms 119:14

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

Ecclesiastes 4:8

⁸There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

Matthew 6:19-21

¹⁹“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; ²⁰but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal; ²¹for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Psalms 119:72

⁷²The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODH