Proverbs 3:13

“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.

Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

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

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

These are those who cause divisions and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

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

Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.

I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

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

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious;

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.

For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn’t it that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”

He made the basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh,

Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Get the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”

Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.

On that day, men were appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who waited.

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.

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.

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.

How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

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

She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

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.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

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

Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

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.

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.

If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.

and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies, and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

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.

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

When Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

“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.

Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.

But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

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

In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.