Bible Verses About Select Readings

Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.

It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.

God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;

To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying,

Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.