Proverbs 4:7

Good News Translation

Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do. Whatever else you get, get insight.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 1:10

so give me the wisdom and knowledge I need to rule over them. Otherwise, how would I ever be able to rule this great people of yours?”

Psalm 119:104

I gain wisdom from your laws, and so I hate all bad conduct.

Proverbs 16:16

It is better—much better—to have wisdom and knowledge than gold and silver.

Proverbs 2:4

Look for it as hard as you would for silver or some hidden treasure.

Proverbs 21:6

The riches you get by dishonesty soon disappear, but not before they lead you into the jaws of death.

Proverbs 23:23

Truth, wisdom, learning, and good sense—these are worth paying for, but too valuable for you to sell.

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom and insight! Do not forget or ignore what I say.

Proverbs 8:23

I was made in the very beginning, at the first, before the world began.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

Here is someone who lives alone. He has no son, no brother, yet he is always working, never satisfied with the wealth he has. For whom is he working so hard and denying himself any pleasure? This is useless, too—and a miserable way to live.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

and will give you as much security as money can. Wisdom keeps you safe—this is the advantage of knowledge.

Luke 10:42

but just one is needed. Mary has chosen the right thing, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself?’”

Philippians 3:8

Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ