Bible Verses About Select Readings

Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.

The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.

The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.

High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.

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

It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.

Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.

God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.

For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.

Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.

When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.

Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.

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

Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence:

But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.

Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor sinners in the council of the just.

For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?

The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.

Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.