She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
Wisdom must be hunted like ore from a mine, not waited for like alms at the door. We draw it from God by prayer, we labor for it by diligence, we grow in it by use, and we prove we truly have it by giving it away to others. That is well got which is put to good purpose.
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Commenting on Proverbs 3:13-20
Christ is the pearl of great price, precious in His names, His divine nature, His satisfaction and blood, His offices and ordinances. He is precious to believers first at conversion, precious again after absence and temptation, precious in loss and disappointment. To none else is He precious but to them that believe.
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Pro 3:15 As regards פּנינים, for which the Kethîb has פּניּים, the following things are in favour of the fundamental meaning “corals,” viz.: (1.) The name itself, which corresponds with the Arab. fann; this word, proceeding from the root-idea of shooting forth, particularly after the manner of plants, means the branch and all that raises or multiplies itself branch-like or twig-like (Fleischer).