Proverbs 16:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ To get wisdom is better than gold; to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ How much better it is to get skillful and godly Wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. [Prov. 8:10, 19.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Acquiring wisdom is much better than gold, and acquiring understanding is better than silver.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Possess wisdom, for it is better than gold. And acquire prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Proverbs 16:16 Cross References

Psalm 119:127

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

Proverbs 2:4

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

Proverbs 3:13

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding,

Proverbs 3:14

for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold.

Proverbs 4:5

do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom; get insight.

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.

Proverbs 8:19

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

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money; and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?

Luke 12:21

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”