4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
Proverbs 2:4
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Proverbs 3:12–14
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Proverbs 24:13–15
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. 14 Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off. 15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of…
Sirach 6:26–28
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Sirach 1:25–27
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Wisdom of Solomon 6:13–15
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Sirach 4:11–13
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Proverbs 4:6–8
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you. 7 Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding. 8 Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
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