Proverbs 3:13

A Conservative Version

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

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He who desires to separate himself seeks excuses, and rages against all sound wisdom.

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

It cannot be gotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price of it.

They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

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

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.

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

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