Job 28:1-2,4, “SURELY THERE IS A MINE FOR SILVER, AND A PLACE WHERE GOLD IS REFINED. IRON IS TAKEN FROM THE EARTH, And copper is smelted from ore. …. HE BREAKS OPEN A SHAFT AWAY FROM PEOPLE; IN PLACES FORGOTTEN BY FEET They hang far away from men; THEY SWING TO AND FRO.
Job is thinking that the earth holds many hidden treasures! Silver, Gold, Iron etc, BUT IT’S HARD WORK TO UN-EARTH! BUT, TO THE DILIGENT THESE TREASURES CAN BE FOUND!
Job 28:12-13, “BUT WHERE CAN WISDOM BE FOUND? AND WHERE IS THE PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING? MAN DOES NOT KNOW ITS VALUE, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
Pro 3:13, Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding;
Job 28:15-17, IT CANNOT BE PURCHASED FOR GOLD, NOR CAN SILVER BE WEIGHED FOR ITS PRICE. IT CANNOT BE VALUED IN THE GOLD OF OPHIR, IN PRECIOUS ONYX OR SAPPHIRE. NEITHER GOLD NOR CRYSTAL CAN EQUAL IT, NOR CAN IT BE EXCHANGED FOR JEWELRY OF FINE GOLD.
WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING IS BY FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN ANY EARTHLY TREASURE; BUT, WHERE CAN IT BE FOUND?
Job 28:28, And to man He said, ‘BEHOLD, THE FEAR OF THE LORD, THAT IS WISDOM, AND TO DEPART FROM EVIL IS UNDERSTANDING.
As silver and gold and all precious stones are found in the earth, TRUE WISDOM IS ONLY FOUND IN HIS WORD! THE DILIGENT, BY READING HIS WORD DAILY, WILL FIND WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING!
Pro 1:7, THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE, BUT FOOLS DESPISE WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION.
Jer 9:23, Thus says the LORD: “LET NOT THE WISE MAN GLORY IN HIS WISDOM, LET NOT THE MIGHTY MAN GLORY IN HIS MIGHT, NOR LET THE RICH MAN GLORY IN HIS RICHES;
DON’T GLORY IN YOUR WISDOM, IN YOUR STRENGTH OR WEALTH, BUT GLORY IN THAT YOU KNOW THE LORD AND HIS WORD! SEEK THE LORD AND YOU’LL FIND ETERNAL TREASURES AND ETERNAL LIFE!
Jer 9:24, BUT LET HIM WHO GLORIES GLORY IN THIS, THAT HE UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS ME, THAT I AM THE LORD, EXERCISING LOVINGKINDNESS, JUDGMENT, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE EARTH. FOR IN THESE I DELIGHT,” SAYS THE LORD.