“Surely there is a mine for silver, 1Pe 1:7Isa 48:10Mal 3:2-3Pro 17:31Ch 29:2-51Ki 10:211Ki 7:48-50Gen 2:11-12
and a place for gold which they refine.
Iron is taken out of the earth, Deu 8:9Gen 4:22Num 31:221Ch 22:14
and copper is smelted out of the ore.
Man sets an end to darkness, Ecc 1:13Hab 2:13Job 10:21-22Job 12:22Job 38:16-17Luk 16:8Mat 6:33Pro 2:4
and searches out, to the furthest bound,
the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live.
They are forgotten by the foot.
They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Isa 28:25-29Ezk 28:13-14Gen 1:11-12Gen 1:29Psa 104:14-15
Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
Sapphires come from its rocks. Exo 24:10Job 28:16Isa 54:11Rev 21:19Sng 5:14
It has dust of gold.
That path no bird of prey knows, Job 11:6Job 28:21-23Job 38:19Job 38:24Rom 11:33
neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
The proud animals have not trodden it,
nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
He puts his hand on the flinty rock, Nam 1:4-6
and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
He cuts out channels among the rocks. Hab 3:9Pro 14:23Pro 24:4
His eye sees every precious thing.
He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. 1Co 4:5Isa 45:2-3Isa 37:25Isa 44:27Job 26:8
The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
“But where will wisdom be found? Jas 1:5Job 28:20Pro 2:4-6Pro 3:191Co 1:19-20Col 2:3Ecc 7:23-25Jas 1:17
Where is the place of understanding?
Man doesn’t know its price, Pro 3:14-15Pro 8:11Pro 8:18-19Ecc 8:16-17Isa 53:8Job 28:15-19Job 28:21-22Mat 13:44-46
and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ Rom 11:33-34
The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
It can’t be gotten for gold, Pro 16:16Pro 3:13-15Pro 8:10-11Pro 8:19Job 28:18Pro 8:17
neither will silver be weighed for its price.
It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, Ezk 28:13Isa 13:12Psa 45:91Ch 29:4Exo 28:20
with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 1
Gold and glass can’t equal it, Rev 22:1Ezk 1:22Pro 16:16Rev 21:11Rev 4:6
neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Pro 3:15Pro 31:10Ezk 27:16Lam 4:71Ti 2:9Mat 13:45-46Mat 7:6Pro 8:11
Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. Exo 28:17Exo 39:10Ezk 28:13Pro 8:19Rev 21:20
It won’t be valued with pure gold.
Where then does wisdom come from? Job 28:12Jas 1:17Jas 1:5Job 28:28Job 28:231Co 2:6-15Ecc 7:23-24Pro 2:6
Where is the place of understanding?
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, Psa 49:3-41Co 2:7-10Col 2:3Mat 11:25Mat 13:35Mat 13:17
and kept close from the birds of the sky.
Destruction and Death say, Job 26:6Psa 83:10-12Job 28:14
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
“God understands its way, Pro 8:22-311Co 1:30Jud 1:25Rom 11:33Pro 2:6Psa 147:5Act 15:18Luk 10:21-22
and he knows its place.
For he looks to the ends of the earth, Pro 15:3Zec 4:102Ch 16:9Psa 33:13-14Rev 5:6
and sees under the whole sky.
He establishes the force of the wind. Psa 135:7Isa 40:12Job 12:15
Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
When he made a decree for the rain, Job 38:25Job 37:3Zec 10:1Amo 4:7Jer 14:22Job 36:26Job 36:32Job 37:11
and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
then he saw it, and declared it. Psa 19:1Pro 8:22-29
He established it, yes, and searched it out.
To man he said, Psa 111:10Pro 1:7Pro 9:10Pro 3:7Ecc 12:13Deu 4:6Jas 3:13-17Psa 34:14
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, 2 that is wisdom.
To depart from evil is understanding.’”