And it shall be in that day, and Isaak's servants will come and announce to him concerning the well which they digged, and they will say to him, We found water.
Proverbs 2:4 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 If thou wilt seek her as silver, and dig for her as hidden treasure; 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 shall be in that day, and Isaak's servants will come and announce to him concerning the well which they digged, and they will say to him, We found water.
Waiting for death, and it is not; and they will dig more than for hidden treasures;
Being desirable above gold, and above much pure gold, and being sweet above honey, and the dropping of honey-combs.
The obtaining of wisdom how good above gold and the obtaining of understanding to be chosen above silver.
For if thou will call to understanding, wilt give thy voice to understanding
Buy the truth, and thou shalt not sell wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Wisdom the beginning; obtain wisdom, and with all thine acquisition, obtain understanding.
There is one, and not a second; also a son and brother not to him: and no end to all his labor; also his eye shall not be satisfied with riches: and for whom do I labor and diminish my soul from good? Also this is vanity, and it is an evil labor.
Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a treasure hid in the field; which a man finding, concealed, and from his joy, he retires, and all things which he has he sells, and he purchases that field.
And every one who lets go houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for the sake of my name, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
And the Lord praised the steward of injustice, because he did wisely: for the sons of this life are wiser than the children of light in their generation.