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28:1  “There are mines where people dig silver. And there are places where gold is made pure.
28:2  Iron is taken out of the ground. And copper is melted out of rocks.
28:3  Miners bring light into the mines. They search even the deepest parts of the mines. They look for metal in places of thick darkness.
28:4  Miners dig a tunnel far away from where people live. They dig it where people never go. They work far away from people, swinging and swaying from ropes.
28:5  Food grows on top of the earth. But below ground things are changed as if by fire.
28:6  Sapphires are found in rocks. And the dust of the earth contains gold.
28:7  No hawk knows the path. The falcon has not seen it.
28:8  Proud animals have not walked on this path. And no lions cross over it.
28:9  Men hit the rocks of flint. They dig away at the bottom of the mountains.
28:10  Miners cut tunnels through the rock. They see all the treasures there.
28:11  They search the places where rivers begin. And they bring things hidden there out into the light.
28:12  “But where can wisdom be found. Where does understanding live?
28:13  People do not understand the value of wisdom. It cannot be found among living people.
28:14  The deep ocean says, ‘It’s not in me.’ The sea says, ‘It’s not in me.’
28:15  Wisdom cannot be bought with the best gold. Its cost cannot be weighed in silver.
28:16  Wisdom cannot be bought with fine gold. It cannot be bought with valuable onyx or sapphire gems.
28:17  Gold and crystal are not as valuable as wisdom. And you cannot buy it with jewels of gold.
28:18  Coral and jasper are not even worth talking about. The price of wisdom is much greater than rubies.
28:19  The topaz from Cush cannot compare to wisdom. It cannot even be bought with the purest gold.
28:20  “So from where does wisdom come? And where does understanding live?
28:21  It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing. It is hidden even from the birds of the air.
28:22  The places of destruction and death say, ‘We have only heard reports about it.’
28:23  God understands the way to wisdom. And he is the only one who knows where it lives.
28:24  This is because God sees to the farthest parts of the earth. And he sees everything under the heavens.
28:25  Wisdom began when God gave power to the wind. It was when he measured the water and put limits on it.
28:26  It was when God made rules for the rain. And he set a path for a thunderstorm to follow.
28:27  Then God looked at wisdom and decided its worth. He set wisdom up and tested it.
28:28  Then he said to man, ‘The fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to stay away from evil is understanding.’”