Proverbs 2:4

New International Version

and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

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

Job 3:21

to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,

Psalm 119:127

Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,

Psalm 119:14

I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.

Psalm 119:72

The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

Psalm 19:10

They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!

Proverbs 2:3

indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,

Proverbs 23:23

Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well.

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.

Proverbs 8:17

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

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business!

Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife 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 had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.