treasures in the word

(Proverbs 2.1-11)

1  My child, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

2  so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

3  yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

4  if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

5  then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

6  For the Lord giveth wisdom:  out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

7  He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:  he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

8  He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

9  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity;

10  When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

11  discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Colossians 2

1  For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at La-odice'a, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

2  that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto ALL riches of the full assurance of understanding,to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

3  in whom are hid ALL the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

(Isaiah 45.19)

1	Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
2	I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight:  I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
3	and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
4	For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name:  I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
5	I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides me:  I girded thee, though thou hast not known me;
6	that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.
7	I form the light, and create darkness:  I make peace, and create evil:  I the Lord do all these things.
The Lord the Creator
8	Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness:  let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.
9	Woe unto them that striveth with their Maker!  Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth.  Shall the clay say to them that fashioneth it, What makest thou?  (Rom. 9.20) or thy work, hath no hands?
10	Woe unto them that saith unto their father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
11	Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
12	I have made the earth, and created people upon it:  I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and ALL their host have I commanded.
13	I have raised them up in righteousness, and I will direct ALL their ways:  they shall build my city, and they shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.
14	Thus saith the Lord, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabe'ans, people of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine:  they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no other God.
15	Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
16	They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, ALL of them:  they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
17	But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation:  ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
18	For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited:  I am the Lord, and there is none else.
19	I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth:  I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain:  I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

             (Proverbs 2.11)

1	My child, if thou wilt receive my words,          and hide my commandments with thee;
2	so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,          and apply thine heart to understanding;
3	yea, if thou criest after knowledge,          and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4	if thou seekest her as silver,          and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5	then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord,          and find the knowledge of God.
6	For the Lord giveth wisdom:          out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7	He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:          he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8	He keepeth the paths of judgment,          and preserveth the way of his saints.
9	Then shalt thou understand righteousness,          and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10	When wisdom entereth into thine heart,          and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11	discretion shall preserve thee,          understanding shall keep thee: