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15 Wisdom is more precious than rubies;
    nothing you desire can compare with her.

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11 For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.
    Nothing you desire can compare with it.

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A Wife of Noble Character

10 [a]Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
    She is more precious than rubies.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:10 Verses 10-31 comprise a Hebrew acrostic poem; each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

15 Wise words are more valuable
    than much gold and many rubies.

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18 Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it.
    The price of wisdom is far above rubies.

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The Future Glory

18 Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.

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25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
    I desire you more than anything on earth.
26 My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
    but God remains the strength of my heart;
    he is mine forever.

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Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
    how I praise you!

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Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl

44 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.

45 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls. 46 When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it!

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