Proverbs 2:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,”
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BSBPD
“if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 2:4 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 26:32On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
- Job 3:21who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
- Job 28:12But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
- Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
- Psalms 119:14I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
- Psalms 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
- Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
- Proverbs 3:14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
- Proverbs 4:7Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
- Proverbs 8:18With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
- Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
- Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
- Matthew 19:21Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Matthew 19:29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
- Luke 16:8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
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