Proverbs 4:7
The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all [that is in] your possession, gain insight.
Matthew 13:44-46
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found [and] concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.
Philippians 3:8
{More than that}, even consider all [things] to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all [things], and consider [them] dung, in order that I may gain Christ
Psalm 49:16-20
Do not fear when a man becomes rich, when the wealth of his house increases,
Psalm 119:104
From your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way.
Proverbs 16:16
Getting wisdom: {how much} better than gold! And getting understanding: it is chosen {over} silver.
Proverbs 21:6
He who makes treasure by a lying tongue [is a] fleeting vapor [and] seeker of death.
Proverbs 23:23
Buy truth and do not sell [it], wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Ecclesiastes 2:4-9
{I accomplished great things}. I built for myself houses; I planted for myself vineyards.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
Sometimes a man is all alone with no companion; he also has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eye is not satisfied with wealth. [He laments,] "For whom am I toiling and depriving {myself} of pleasure?" This also [is] vanity--it is an unhappy business!
Ecclesiastes 7:12
{For wisdom offers protection like money offers protection}. But knowledge [has] an advantage--wisdom restores life to its possessor.
Ecclesiastes 9:16-18
So I concluded that wisdom [is] better than might, yet the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.
Mark 8:36-37
For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
Luke 10:42
But few [things] are necessary, or [only] one [thing], for Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her."
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'