the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Proverbs 2:4
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if you seek it like silverand search for it like hidden treasure,
If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures:
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,
If you seek skillful and godly wisdom as you would silver And search for her as you would hidden treasures;
If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;
If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures:
If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures,
If you seek her as silverAnd search for her as for hidden treasures;
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
Search for wisdom as you would search for silver or hidden treasure.
if you seek it as you would silver and search for it as for hidden treasure —
if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
Look for wisdom like silver. Search for it like hidden treasure.
If you seek it as silver, and search for it as for hidden treasure;
Look for it as hard as you would for silver or some hidden treasure.
if you seek her like silver and search her out like treasure,
if you seek her as silver, and search for her as hidden treasures,
yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure:
If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:
If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her, as for hid treasures:
If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures:
and if thou shalt seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;
If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
if thou sekist it as money, and diggist it out as tresours;
If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures:
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;
If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures.
if you look for her as silver, and look for her as hidden riches;
if you seek it like silver, and search for it as for hidden treasures—
If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,
If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures;
If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thou: Proverbs 3:14, Proverbs 3:15, Proverbs 8:18, Proverbs 8:19, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 23:23, Psalms 19:10, Psalms 119:14, Psalms 119:72, Psalms 119:127, Matthew 6:19-21, Matthew 13:44, Matthew 19:21, Matthew 19:22, Matthew 19:29
searchest: Job 28:12-20, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Luke 16:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 26:32 - We have Job 3:21 - dig Job 28:3 - searcheth Job 36:3 - fetch Psalms 17:14 - hid Psalms 119:45 - for I seek Proverbs 3:13 - getteth Proverbs 8:10 - General Proverbs 8:34 - watching Proverbs 16:27 - diggeth Jeremiah 5:1 - that seeketh Matthew 13:46 - one Colossians 2:3 - hid 1 Timothy 4:13 - to reading 1 Peter 1:10 - and
Cross-References
In the beginning God created the sky and the earth.
God saw that the light was good, so he divided the light from the darkness.
God blessed them and said, "Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the sixth day.
So the sky, the earth, and all that filled them were finished.
By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work.
This is the family history of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them in his own likeness.
This is the family history of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah. After the flood these three men had sons.
This is the family history of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, his son Arphaxad was born.
This is the family history of Ishmael, Abraham's son. (Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant, was Ishmael's mother.)
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If thou seekest her as silver,.... That is, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding; which all signify and relate unto one and the same thing, expressed here by "her": namely, the doctrine of wisdom, or Christ; that is, the Gospel, and a spiritual and experimental knowledge and understanding of it, and the truths thereof; which are as desirable and valuable as silver, and more so; and which may be fitly compared to it, and be preferred before it, for their purity, solidity, and duration; see Psalms 119:72; and are to be sought after with as much and more eagerness, affection, and diligence, as silver is by those who are most covetous of it, Proverbs 8:10;
and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures; the Gospel is a treasure, 2 Corinthians 4:7; an accumulation of riches. It contains rich truths, things valuable for their antiquity; for being far fetched and dearly bought, coming from heaven, and sealed by the blood of Christ, and the holy martyrs of Jesus; and for the abundance of them; there are treasures of wisdom and knowledge in the Gospel, and in Christ the sum and substance of it, who is full of truth as well as grace, Colossians 2:3. It contains rich blessings of grace, such as are spiritual, solid, and substantial, sure and irreversible; and a multitude of them, Romans 15:29; and also rich promises, exceeding great and precious ones; which are absolute and unconditional, suited to the various cases of God's people, and sure to all the seed: and it reveals the riches of God's goodness, his special goodness in Christ; the unsearchable riches of Christ; and the riches both of grace and glory. And under this notion of a treasure is it to be searched for, and as an hid treasure; in allusion to what is laid up in the cabinets of princes, or lies in the bowels of the earth, as precious stones: Pliny m says, that "topazin", in the language of the Troglodytes, has the signification of seeking, because "topazes" are diligently sought for and searched after; Romans 15:29- :. The Gospel, and the truths of it, were greatly hid under the former dispensation from the Gentile world, and very much from the Jews themselves; being wrapped up in dark prophecies, obscure hints, and shadowy types and sacrifices; and are now, and always were, entirely hid from the wicked and reprobate part of the world, from them that are lost, and from God's own elect before conversion. This is "the fellowship of the mystery" that was "hid in God", in his heart, from all eternity, Ephesians 3:9: the truths of it are the "treasures of wisdom and knowledge hid" in Christ, Colossians 2:3; and likewise the "treasure hid [in the] field" of the Scriptures,
Matthew 22:44; which therefore are to be searched into for them, with like labour and resolution with which men dig into the earth, to find the rich ore that is in the bowels of it: and this should be done by diligent reading them; by frequent and deep meditation on them; by constant hearing the truths of the Gospel preached; by earnest prayer for the illumination of the divine Spirit to understand them; and by all the help of the writings of good men, and conversation with them, that can be had. These are things to be sought for and searched after, in the first place, in the early time of life; and with the utmost diligence and labour, as being of the greatest moment and importance.
m Nat. Hist. l. 37. c. 8.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Note the illustrations.
(1) Contact with Phoenician commerce, and joint expeditions in ships of Tarshish (see Psalms 72:10 note), had made the Israelites familiar with the risks and the enterprise of the miller’s life. Compare Job 28:0:
(2) The treasure hidden in a field, is the second point of comparison. Such treasure-seeking has always been characteristic of the East. Compare Matthew 13:44.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 2:4. If thou seekest her as silver — How do men seek money? What will they not do to get rich? Reader, seek the salvation of thy soul as earnestly as the covetous man seeks wealth; and be ashamed of thyself, if thou be less in earnest after the true riches than he is after perishing wealth.
Hid treasures — The original word signifies property of any kind concealed in the earth, in caves or such like; and may also mean treasures, such as the precious metals or precious stones, which are presumptively known to exist in such and such mines. And how are these sought? Learn from the following circumstance: In the Brazils slaves are employed to scrape up the soil from the bed of the Rio Janeiro, and wash it carefully, in order to find particles of gold and diamonds; and it is a law of the state, that he who finds a diamond of so many carats shall have his freedom. This causes the greatest ardour and diligence in searching, washing out the soil, picking, c., in order to find such diamonds, and the greatest anxiety for success so precious is liberty to the human heart. This method of searching for gold and precious stones is alluded to in Proverbs 3:13-15. In this way Solomon wishes men to seek for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding; and he who succeeds finds the liberty of the children of God, and is saved from the slavery of sin and the empire of death.
