And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
Proverbs 2:4 - American Standard Version 2015 If thou seek her as silver,\par\tab And search for her as for hid treasures: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou seekest her as silver, And searchest for her as for hid treasures; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you seek [Wisdom] as for silver and search for skillful and godly Wisdom as for hidden treasures, American Standard Version (1901) If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: Common English Bible Seek it like silver; search for it like hidden treasure. Catholic Public Domain Version if you will seek her like money, and dig for her as if for treasure, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure: |
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
Who long for death, but it cometh not,\par\tab And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Therefore I love thy commandments\par\tab Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,\par\tab As much as in all riches.
The law of thy mouth is better unto me\par\tab Than thousands of gold and silver.\par
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold;\par\tab Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!\par\tab Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
Yea, if thou cry after discernment,\par\tab And lift up thy voice for understanding;
Buy the truth, and sell it not;\par\tab {\i Yea}, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Wisdom {\i is} the principal thing; {\i therefore} get wisdom;\par\tab Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
I love them that love me;\par\tab And those that seek me diligently shall find me.
There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, {\i saith he}, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.\par
And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.