Proverbs 2:4 - Modern English Version

⁴ if you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ If thou seekest her as silver, And searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ If you seek [Wisdom] as for silver and search for skillful and godly Wisdom as for hidden treasures,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

Common English Bible

⁴ Seek it like silver; search for it like hidden treasure.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ if you will seek her like money, and dig for her as if for treasure,

Proverbs 2:4 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 26:32

That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water.”

Job 3:21

who look for death, but it is not there; and they search for it more than for hidden treasures;

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, more than fine gold.

Psalm 119:14

I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Psalm 119:72

The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding than silver!

Proverbs 2:3

yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding,

Proverbs 23:23

Buy truth, and sell it not; also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom, and with all your possessions, get understanding.

Proverbs 8:17

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

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person who is alone, having neither son nor brother; there is not an end to all his toil, and his eyes are not satisfied with riches. He asks, “For whom do I labor and cause my life to lack good things?” This also is vanity and a burdensome task.

Matthew 13:44

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid. And with joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys 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 name’s sake shall receive a hundred times as much and inherit eternal life.

Luke 16:8

“The master commended the dishonest steward, because he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are wiser in their own generation than the sons of light.