The Old Testament
| Book | Chapter | Verse | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job | 28 | (16) It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. | |
| Job | 28 | (17) The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. | |
| Job | 28 | (18) No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. | |
| Job | 28 | (19) The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. | |
| Job | 28 | (20) Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? | |
| Job | 28 | (21) Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. | |
| Job | 28 | (22) Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. | |
| Job | 28 | (23) God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. | |
| Job | 28 | (24) For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; | |
| Job | 28 | (25) To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. | |
| Job | 28 | (26) When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: | |
| Job | 28 | (27) Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. | |
| Job | 28 | (28) And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil understanding. | |
| Job | 29 | (1) MOREOVER JOB continued his parable, and said, | |
| Job | 29 | (2) Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; | |
| Job | 29 | (3) When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; | |
| Job | 29 | (4) As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; | |
| Job | 29 | (5) When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; | |
| Job | 29 | (6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; | |
| Job | 29 | (7) When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! | |