28:12But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

28:13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

28:14The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

28:15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

28:17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

28:18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

28:19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

28:20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

28:21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

28:22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

28:23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

28:24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

28:25To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

28:26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

28:27Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.