Proverbs 2:4

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,

In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”

So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted, and you are in anguish.

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;

Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.

He said to me, “Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.” Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently. They prophesied of the grace that would come to you,