25 Things in which there is no breath are bought at any cost. (WEB)
Baruch 6:25
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Job 28:12–14
12 But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell? 13 No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. 14 The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
Proverbs 13:7–9
7 One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. 8 Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat. 9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Sirach 17:29–31
29 How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness to those who turn to him! (WEB) 30 For humans are not capable of everything, because the son of man is not immortal. (WEB) 31 What is brighter than the sun? Yet even this can be eclipsed. So flesh and blood devise evil. (WEB)
Psalms 49:19–20
19 he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day. 20 A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:4–6
4 For we weren’t led astray by any evil plan of men’s, nor yet by painters’ fruitless labor, a form stained with varied colors, (WEB) 5 the sight of which leads fools into lust. Their desire is for the breathless form of a dead image. (WEB) 6 Lovers of evil things, and worthy of… (WEB)
Psalms 49:7–9
7 No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. 8 For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice, 9 that he should live on forever and not see decay.
Lamentations 5:3–5
3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows. 4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price. 5 We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
Proverbs 1:18–20
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. 19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors. 20 Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
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