Proverbs 8:11

Modern English Version

for wisdom is better than jewels, and nothing you may desire can compare with her.

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

More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

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?

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

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

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

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

Who can find a virtuous wife? Her worth is far above rubies.

Wisdom is good as an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.

It is not beyond the sea, so that you should say, “Who shall go over the sea for us and bring it to us, so that we may hear it and do it?”