Proverbs 8:11
New Living Translation
11 For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.
Nothing you desire can compare with it.
Psalm 119:127
New Living Translation
127 Truly, I love your commands
more than gold, even the finest gold.
Psalm 19:10
New Living Translation
10 They are more desirable than gold,
even the finest gold.
They are sweeter than honey,
even honey dripping from the comb.
Matthew 16:26
New Living Translation
26 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?[a] Is anything worth more than your soul?
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Proverbs 16:16
New Living Translation
16 How much better to get wisdom than gold,
and good judgment than silver!
Proverbs 4:5-7
New Living Translation
5 Get wisdom; develop good judgment.
Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Don’t turn your back on wisdom, for she will protect you.
Love her, and she will guard you.
7 Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do!
And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.
Proverbs 3:14-15
New Living Translation
14 For wisdom is more profitable than silver,
and her wages are better than gold.
15 Wisdom is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
Philippians 3:8-9
New Living Translation
8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ.[a] For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.
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- 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of Christ.
Proverbs 20:15
New Living Translation
15 Wise words are more valuable
than much gold and many rubies.
Job 28:15-19
New Living Translation
15 It cannot be bought with gold.
It cannot be purchased with silver.
16 It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir,
greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
17 Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal.
It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.
18 Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it.
The price of wisdom is far above rubies.
19 Precious peridot from Ethiopia[a] cannot be exchanged for it.
It’s worth more than the purest gold.
Footnotes
- 28:19 Hebrew from Cush.
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