Proverbs 16:16

A Conservative Version

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

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For what does it profit a men, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver.

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense. But the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Wisdom [is] the principal thing. Get wisdom, yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

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

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

Get wisdom, get understanding. Do not forget, nor decline from the words of my mouth.

if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

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