Proverbs 2:4

We must seek wisdom as earnestly as hidden silver and treasure. It matters because it shows the diligent effort true wisdom requires.

Cross-references · 16

• Matt 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.
• Prov 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
• Matt 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.
• Prov 8:18–19With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
• Job 3:21who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
• Job 28:12–20But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
• Prov 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
• Prov 3:14–15for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
• Ps 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
• Matt 19:21–22Jesus 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.”
• Eccl 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.
• Matt 6:19–21Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
• Ps 119:14I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
• Ps 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
• 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.
• Ps 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

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