Job 28:13

Job's Discourse On Wisdom

¹² But where can wisdom be found,
and where is understanding located?
¹³ No man can know its value,
since it cannot be found in the land of the living.
¹⁴ The ocean depths say, “It’s not in me,”
while the sea declares, “I don’t have it.”

Land of the Living

On Earth

Job

No

Job 28:15-19

Gold cannot be exchanged for it,
and silver cannot be weighed out for its price.

Job 28:21-22

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing
and concealed from the birds of the sky.

Psalm 19:10

They are more desirable than gold—
than an abundance of pure gold;
and sweeter than honey,
which comes from the honeycomb.

Psalm 52:5

This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

Psalm 119:72

Instruction from Your lips is better for me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Proverbs 3:14-15

for she is more profitable than silver,
and her revenue is better than gold.

Proverbs 8:11

For wisdom is better than jewels,
and nothing desirable can compare with it.

Proverbs 8:18-19

With me are riches and honor,
lasting wealth and righteousness.

Proverbs 16:16

Get wisdom—
how much better it is than gold!
And get understanding—
it is preferable to silver.

Proverbs 23:23

Buy—and do not sell—truth,
wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Ecclesiastes 8:16-17

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the activity that is done on the earth (even though one’s eyes do not close in sleep day or night),

Isaiah 38:11

I said: I will never see the Lord,
the Lord in the land of the living;
I will not look on humanity any longer
with the inhabitants of what is passing away.

Isaiah 53:8

He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;
and who considered His fate?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
He was struck because of my people’s rebellion.

Matthew 13:44-46

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.