Proverbs 3:14
3:14 For her benefit is more profitable than silver,
and her gain is better than gold.
Proverbs 4:5-7
4:5 Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding;
do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.
4:6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will guard you.
4:7 Wisdom is supreme – so acquire wisdom,
and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!
Proverbs 16:16
16:16 How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold;
to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
Proverbs 20:15
20:15 There is gold, and an abundance of rubies,
but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.
Job 28:15-19
28:15 Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
28:16 It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir,
with precious onyx or sapphires.
28:17 Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it,
nor can a vase of gold match its worth.
28:18 Of coral and jasper no mention will be made;
the price of wisdom is more than pearls.
28:19 The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it;
it cannot be purchased with pure gold.
Psalms 19:10
19:10 They are of greater value than gold,
than even a great amount of pure gold;
they bring greater delight than honey,
than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.
Psalms 119:127
119:127 For this reason I love your commands
more than gold, even purest gold.
Matthew 16:26
16:26 For what does it benefit a person
if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
Philippians 3:8-9
3:8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung!
– that I may gain Christ,
3:9 and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness
– a righteousness from God that is in fact
based on Christ’s
faithfulness.