Proverbs 23:23

Learning From Your Father

²² Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
²³ Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
²⁴ The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.

Buy the Truth

Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Matthew 13:46

and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Job 28:12-19

“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

Psalm 119:72

The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I love Your commandments
Above gold, yes, above fine gold.

Proverbs 2:2-4

Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;

Proverbs 4:5-7

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no sense?

Proverbs 18:15

The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge,
And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Isaiah 55:1

“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have no money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without cost.

Matthew 16:26

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

Acts 20:23

except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.

Philippians 3:7-8

But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

Hebrews 11:26

considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.

Revelation 3:18

I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.