Proverbs 3:15
New Living Translation
15 Wisdom is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
Proverbs 8:11
New Living Translation
11 For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.
Nothing you desire can compare with it.
Proverbs 31:10
New Living Translation
A Wife of Noble Character
10 [a]Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
She is more precious than rubies.
Footnotes
- 31:10 Verses 10-31 comprise a Hebrew acrostic poem; each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Proverbs 20:15
New Living Translation
15 Wise words are more valuable
than much gold and many rubies.
Job 28:18
New Living Translation
18 Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it.
The price of wisdom is far above rubies.
Romans 8:18
New Living Translation
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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Psalm 73:25-26
New Living Translation
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.
Psalm 63:3
New Living Translation
3 Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
how I praise you!
Matthew 13:44-46
New Living Translation
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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