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Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Matthew 13:24
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
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Proverbs 8:18-20
Riches and honour[ are] with me;[ yea], durable riches and righteousness.My fruit[ is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
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Proverbs 3:13-18
Happy[ is] the man[ that] findeth wisdom, and the man[ that] getteth understanding.For the merchandise of it[ is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.She[ is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.Length of days[ is] in her right hand;[ and] in her left hand riches and honour.Her ways[ are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths[ are] peace.She[ is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy[ is every one] that retaineth her.
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Proverbs 8:10-11
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.For wisdom[ is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
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Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom[ is] above rubies.
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Psalms 39:6-7
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up[ riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope[ is] in thee.
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Ecclesiastes 2:2-12
I said of laughter,[ It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what[ was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all[ kind of] fruits:I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:I got[ me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men,[ as] musical instruments, and that of all sorts.So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all[ was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and[ there was] no profit under the sun.And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what[ can] the man[ do] that cometh after the king?[ even] that which hath been already done.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this[ is] the whole[ duty] of man.
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Psalms 4:6-7
[ There be] many that say, Who will shew us[ any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time[ that] their corn and their wine increased.
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Matthew 22:5
But they made light of[ it], and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all[ is] vanity.
