Proverbs 2:4
2 if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
5 then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
- KJV
- If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
- WEB
- if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
- ASV
- If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:
- DARBY
- if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
- BLB
- if you seek her like silver, and like hidden treasures you search for her,
- ÅB
- dersom du leter etter den som etter sølv og graver etter den som etter skjulte skatter,
- OTB
- Hvis du søker det som sølv og leter etter det som etter skjulte skatter,
- B1930
- dersom du leter efter den som efter sølv og graver efter den som efter skjulte skatter,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Read in contextMatthew 19:29
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
Read in contextProverbs 16:16
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
Read in contextJob 3:21
who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
Read in contextProverbs 8:18–19
With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
Read in contextJob 28:12–20
But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
Read in contextProverbs 3:14–15
for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 4:8
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
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