Proverbs 2:4

English Standard Version 2016

if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

Cross References

Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that 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 lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Job 3:21

who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

Luke 16:8

The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Proverbs 23:23

Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.

Psalm 119:72

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Psalm 119:14

In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

Proverbs 2:3

yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

Genesis 26:32

That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water.”

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.