Proverbs 2:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ If thou seekest her as silver, And searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ If you seek [Wisdom] as for silver and search for skillful and godly Wisdom as for hidden treasures,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

Common English Bible

⁴ Seek it like silver; search for it like hidden treasure.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ if you will seek her like money, and dig for her as if for treasure,

Proverbs 2:4 Cross References

Genesis 26:32

On that same day Isaac’s servants came to tell him about the well they had dug, saying to him, ‘We have found water! ’

Job 3:21

who wait for death,  but it does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasure,

Proverbs 16:16

Get wisdom – how much better it is than gold! And get understanding – it is preferable to silver.

Proverbs 2:3

furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

Proverbs 23:23

Buy #– #and do not sell #– #truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is supreme #– #so get wisdom. And whatever else you get, get understanding.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who search for me find me.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person without a companion,  without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.  ‘Who am I struggling for,’ he asks, ‘and depriving myself of good things? ’ This too is futile and a miserable task.

Matthew 13:44

‘The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother   or children or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

Luke 16:8

‘The master praised the unrighteous manager   because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age   are more shrewd than the children of light   in dealing with their own people.