Proverbs 16:16

Modern English Version

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding than silver!

Cross References

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, more than fine gold.

Proverbs 2:4

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

Proverbs 3:13

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding,

Proverbs 3:14

for her profit is better than the profit of silver, and her increase better than fine gold.

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom; get understanding; do not forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom, and with all your possessions, get understanding.

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protective shadow of wisdom is like the protective shadow of silver, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of the one who possesses it.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 12:21

“So is he who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”