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.
Proverbs 3:13-15
New Living Translation
13 Joyful is the person who finds wisdom,
the one who gains understanding.
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.
Psalm 119:103
New Living Translation
103 How sweet your words taste to me;
they are sweeter than honey.
Psalm 119:72
New Living Translation
72 Your instructions are more valuable to me
than millions in gold and silver.
Psalm 119:127
New Living Translation
127 Truly, I love your commands
more than gold, even the finest gold.
Proverbs 16:16
New Living Translation
16 How much better to get wisdom than gold,
and good judgment than silver!
Job 23:12
New Living Translation
12 I have not departed from his commands,
but have treasured his words more than daily food.
Proverbs 8:19
New Living Translation
19 My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold,
my wages better than sterling silver!
Proverbs 8:10-11
New Living Translation
10 Choose my instruction rather than silver,
and knowledge rather than pure gold.
11 For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.
Nothing you desire can compare with it.
Proverbs 24:13
New Living Translation
13 My child,[a] eat honey, for it is good,
and the honeycomb is sweet to the taste.
Job 28:15-17
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.
Psalm 63:5
New Living Translation
5 You satisfy me more than the richest feast.
I will praise you with songs of joy.
1 Samuel 14:26-29
New Living Translation
26 They didn’t dare touch the honey because they all feared the oath they had taken.
27 But Jonathan had not heard his father’s command, and he dipped the end of his stick into a piece of honeycomb and ate the honey. After he had eaten it, he felt refreshed.[a] 28 But one of the men saw him and said, “Your father made the army take a strict oath that anyone who eats food today will be cursed. That is why everyone is weary and faint.”
29 “My father has made trouble for us all!” Jonathan exclaimed. “A command like that only hurts us. See how refreshed I am now that I have eaten this little bit of honey.
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