if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;

For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold.

He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.”

Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver.

What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.

The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.

A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.

Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.

As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.