"No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies."
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For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.
Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom `is' above rubies.