Proverbs 23:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Buy the truth, and sell it not; Also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Buy the truth and sell it not; not only that, but also get discernment and judgment, instruction and understanding. American Standard Version (1901) Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Common English Bible Buy truth and don’t sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. Catholic Public Domain Version Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver. י JOD
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
save that the Holy Ghost testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.