Proverbs 2:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Search for wisdom as you would search for silver or hidden treasure.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

Later that same day Isaac's servants came and said, “We've struck water!”

Job 3:21

I keep longing for death more than I would seek a valuable treasure.

Psalm 119:127

Your laws mean more to me than the finest gold.

Psalm 119:14

Obeying your instructions brings as much happiness as being rich.

Psalm 119:72

I would rather obey you than have a thousand pieces of silver and gold.

Psalm 19:10

They are worth more than the finest gold and are sweeter than honey from a honeycomb.

Proverbs 16:16

It's much better to be wise and sensible than to be rich.

Proverbs 2:3

Beg as loud as you can for good common sense.

Proverbs 23:23

Invest in truth and wisdom, discipline and good sense, and don't part with them.

Proverbs 4:7

The best thing about Wisdom is Wisdom herself; good sense is more important than anything else.

Proverbs 8:17

I love everyone who loves me, and I will be found by all who honestly search.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

For example, some people don't have friends or family. But they are never satisfied with what they own, and they never stop working to get more. They should ask themselves, “Why am I always working to have more? Who will get what I leave behind?” What a senseless and miserable life!

Matthew 13:44

The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when someone finds treasure hidden in a field and buries it again. A person like that is happy and goes and sells everything in order to buy that field.

Matthew 19:29

All who have given up home or brothers and sisters or father and mother or children or land for me will be given a hundred times as much. They will also have eternal life.

Luke 16:8

The master praised his dishonest manager for looking out for himself so well. That's how it is! The people of this world look out for themselves better than the people who belong to the light.