Proverbs 8:11

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

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.

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

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

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people knows that you are a worthy woman.

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

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.

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

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

“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.

“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.

But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

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

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

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

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

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

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and let’s cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”

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.

Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

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?”

Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

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

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

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.

You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. They were prepared in the day that you were created.

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

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.”

Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it, nor will it be valued with pure gold.

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

none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

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

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

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

Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.

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

Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.

“ ‘ “Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks. They traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel.

With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel. You shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.

You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;

Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will go over the sea for us, bring it to us, and proclaim it to us, that we may do it?”

Man doesn’t know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living.

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

There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

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

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.

They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing,

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth.

merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;