¹³ Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

¹⁵ It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

¹⁶ It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

¹⁷ Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

¹⁸ No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

⁸ By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who `among them' considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke `was due'?

¹¹ I said, I shall not see Jehovah, `even' Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

¹⁶ When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),

¹⁷ then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

²³ Buy the truth, and sell it not; `Yea', wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

¹⁶ How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

¹⁸ Riches and honor are with me; `Yea', durable wealth and righteousness.

¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.

¹¹ For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

¹⁴ For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.

¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.

⁷² The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.

⁵ God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah

¹⁰ More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.

²¹ Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

²² Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.

⁴⁴ 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.

⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls:

⁴⁶ and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.