Proverbs 8:11

A Conservative Version

For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

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

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.

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?

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

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

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

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

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

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?