Proverbs 8:19

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.

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The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.

The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:

Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.

Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.

The finest gold shall not purchase it: neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it: neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.

I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,

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