Proverbs 2:4-5
2:4 if you seek it like silver,
and search for it like hidden treasure,
2:5 then you will understand how to fear the Lord,
and you will discover knowledge about God.
Proverbs 3:13-14
Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom
3:13 Blessed is the one who finds wisdom,
and the one who obtains understanding.
3:14 For her benefit is more profitable than silver,
and her gain is better than gold.
Proverbs 10:20
10:20 What the righteous say is like the best silver,
but what the wicked think is of little value.
Proverbs 16:16
16:16 How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold;
to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
Proverbs 23:23
23:23 Acquire truth and do not sell it –
wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.
Psalms 119:72
119:72 The law you have revealed is more important to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Psalms 119:127
119:127 For this reason I love your commands
more than gold, even purest gold.
Psalms 119:162
119:162 I rejoice in your instructions,
like one who finds much plunder.
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom Can Lengthen One’s Life
7:11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing;
it benefits those who see the light of day.
Acts 3:6
3:6 But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold,
but what I do have I give you. In the name
of Jesus Christ
the Nazarene, stand up and
walk!”
Acts 3:2
3:2 And a man lame
from birth
was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called “the Beautiful Gate” every day
so he could beg for money
from those going into the temple courts.
Colossians 1:10
1:10 so that you may live
worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects
– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,