"Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?" (Job 28:20).

"For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly" (Psalm 84:11).

 "And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above" (Ezekiel 1:22).

 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 5:16).

 "And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful" (Mark 4:18-19).