Proverbs 4:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ Wisdom is supreme #– #so get wisdom. And whatever else you get, get understanding.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: And with all thy getting get understanding.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The beginning of Wisdom is: get Wisdom (skillful and godly Wisdom)! [For skillful and godly Wisdom is the principal thing.] And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation). [James 1:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

Common English Bible

⁷ The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! Get understanding before anything else.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence.

Proverbs 4:7 Cross References

2 Chronicles 1:10

Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people,  for who can judge this great people of yours? ’

Proverbs 16:16

Get wisdom – how much better it is than gold! And get understanding – it is preferable to silver.

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure,

Proverbs 21:6

Making a fortune through a lying tongue is a vanishing mist,  a pursuit of death.  ,,

Proverbs 23:23

Buy #– #and do not sell #– #truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom, get understanding; don’t forget or turn away from the words from my mouth.

Proverbs 8:23

I was formed  before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person without a companion,  without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.  ‘Who am I struggling for,’ he asks, ‘and depriving myself of good things? ’ This too is futile and a miserable task.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

because wisdom is protection as silver is protection; but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Luke 10:42

but one thing is necessary.   , Mary has made the right choice,   and it will not be taken away from her.’

Luke 12:20

‘But God said to him, “You fool!   This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared #– #whose will they be? ”

Philippians 3:8

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value  of knowing Christ  Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ