Proverbs 8:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.

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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.

Proverbs 8:11 Cross References

Psalm 119:127

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

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

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?

Proverbs 16:16

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

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Psalm 119:72

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

Psalm 119:103

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

Proverbs 31:10

A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

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

Deuteronomy 30:13

Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’