Proverbs 2:4

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We’ve found water,” they reported.

Job 3:21

to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

Psalm 119:127

For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold.

Psalm 119:14

I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.

Psalm 119:72

The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. י (Yod)

Psalm 19:10

They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

Proverbs 2:3

indeed, if you call out for discernment – raise your voice for understanding –

Proverbs 23:23

Acquire truth and do not sell it – wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is supreme – so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

Proverbs 8:17

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

Ecclesiastes 4:8

A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is futile and a burdensome task!

Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

Matthew 19:29

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Luke 16:8

The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.