Proverbs 4:7
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Ecclesiastes 7:12
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12 For the protection of wisdom is like (A)the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that (B)wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Ecclesiastes 9:16-18
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16 But I say that (A)wisdom is better than might, though (B)the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
17 The words of the wise heard in (C)quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools. 18 (D)Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but (E)one sinner destroys much good.
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Proverbs 23:23
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23 (A)Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 16:16
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16 (A)How much better to get wisdom than (B)gold!
To get understanding is to be chosen rather than (C)silver.
Matthew 13:44-46
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The Parable of the Hidden Treasure
44 “The kingdom of heaven (A)is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy (B)he goes and sells all that he has and (C)buys that field.
The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value
45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46 who, on finding (D)one pearl of great value, (E)went and sold all that he had and (F)bought it.
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Philippians 3:8
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8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of (A)the surpassing worth of (B)knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I (C)have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
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Mark 8:36-37
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36 (A)For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? 37 For (B)what can a man give in return for his soul?
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Luke 12:20
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20 But God said to him, (A)‘Fool! (B)This night (C)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, (D)whose will they be?’
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Proverbs 21:6
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6 (A)The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a (B)fleeting (C)vapor and a (D)snare of death.[a]
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- Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
Psalm 119:104
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104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore (A)I hate every false way.
Psalm 49:16-20
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16 Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
when the glory of his house increases.
17 (A)For when he dies he will (B)carry nothing away;
his glory will not go down after him.
18 For though, while he lives, he counts himself (C)blessed
—and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
19 his soul will (D)go to the generation of his fathers,
who will never again (E)see light.
20 (F)Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Luke 10:42
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42 but one thing is necessary.[a] Mary has chosen (A)the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
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- Luke 10:42 Some manuscripts few things are necessary, or only one
Ecclesiastes 4:8
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8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his (A)eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, (B)“For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy (C)business.
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Ecclesiastes 2:4-9
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4 I made great works. I (A)built houses and planted (B)vineyards for myself. 5 I made myself (C)gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. 6 I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees. 7 I bought male and female slaves, and had (D)slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of (E)herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem. 8 I also gathered for myself silver and (F)gold and the treasure of (G)kings and (H)provinces. I got (I)singers, both men and women, and many (J)concubines,[a] the delight of the sons of man.
9 So I became great and (K)surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my (L)wisdom remained with me.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:8 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
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