It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Proverbs 8:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Receive my instruction in preference to [striving for] silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, American Standard Version (1901) Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. Common English Bible Take my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold. Catholic Public Domain Version Accept my discipline, and not money. Choose the doctrine that is greater than gold. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold. |
It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Gold and glass cannot equal it: Neither shall the exchange thereof be jewels of fine gold.
The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver. י JOD
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
There is gold, and abundance of rubies: But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance: yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.
as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.