Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.
Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price of wisdom is more than pearls.
The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold.
The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. י (Yod)
How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,
All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.
And it is not across the sea, as though one must say, “Who will cross over to the other side of the sea and get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”