Proverbs 3:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ for her income is better than silver and her revenue better than gold.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, And the gain thereof than fine gold.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, and the profit of it better than fine gold.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Her profit is better than silver, and her gain better than gold.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Her acquisition is better than trading in silver, and her fruit is better than the first and purest gold.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:

Proverbs 3:14 Cross References

Psalm 119:111

Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:162

I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.

Psalm 119:72

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures—

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

Revelation 3:18

Therefore I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white robes to clothe yourself and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.