Proverbs 8:11 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹¹ For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ For skillful and godly Wisdom is better than rubies or pearls, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. [Job 28:15; Ps. 19:10; 119:127.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Wisdom is better than pearls; nothing is more delightful than she.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ For wisdom is better than all that is most precious, and everything that is desirable cannot compare to her.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.

Proverbs 8:11 Cross References

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth.

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

Psalm 119:72

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Proverbs 31:10

Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

Matthew 16:26

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Deuteronomy 30:13

Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?