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Job 28:18

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

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  1. Job 28:16

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

  2. Job 28:17

    The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

  3. Job 28:19

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

  4. Job 28:20

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.