Proverbs 2:4 (WEB)
if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
Fathers and councils · 3
John Chrysostom
“And after him his son again shows that we ought to “seek out wisdom as silver, and to make merchandise of her rather than of gold.” ( Prov. ii. 4 and iii. 14 [partially quoted]; John v. 39.)” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
““For the good is found by him who seeks it, and is wont to be seen by him who has found it.”” — editor's note: In Prov. ii. 4, 5, iii. 15, Jer. ii. 24, we have the sense of these verses.
Read the whole comment“"For if thou call on wisdom and knowledge with a loud voice, and seek it as treasures of silver, and eagerly track it out, thou shalt understand godliness and find divine knowledge.”” — editor's note: Prov. ii. 3–5.
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Cross-references · 11
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Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4.