Proverbs 2:4

Good News Translation

Look for it as hard as you would for silver or some hidden treasure.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

On that day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well which they had dug. They said, “We have found water.”

Job 3:21

They wait for death, but it never comes; they prefer a grave to any treasure.

Psalm 119:127

I love your commands more than gold, more than the finest gold.

Psalm 119:14

I delight in following your commands more than in having great wealth.

Psalm 119:72

The law that you gave means more to me than all the money in the world.

Psalm 19:10

They are more desirable than the finest gold; they are sweeter than the purest honey.

Proverbs 16:16

It is better—much better—to have wisdom and knowledge than gold and silver.

Proverbs 2:3

Yes, beg for knowledge; plead for insight.

Proverbs 23:23

Truth, wisdom, learning, and good sense—these are worth paying for, but too valuable for you to sell.

Proverbs 4:7

Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do. Whatever else you get, get insight.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me; whoever looks for me can find me.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

Here is someone who lives alone. He has no son, no brother, yet he is always working, never satisfied with the wealth he has. For whom is he working so hard and denying himself any pleasure? This is useless, too—and a miserable way to live.

Matthew 13:44

“The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man happens to find a treasure hidden in a field. He covers it up again, and is so happy that he goes and sells everything he has, and then goes back 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 for my sake, will receive a hundred times more and will be given eternal life.

Luke 16:8

As a result the master of this dishonest manager praised him for doing such a shrewd thing; because the people of this world are much more shrewd in handling their affairs than the people who belong to the light.”