Cross References

Proverbs 3:13

New American Bible - revised edition

Happy the one who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding!

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Solid gold cannot purchase her, nor can her price be paid with silver.

Neither coral nor crystal should be thought of; the value of wisdom surpasses pearls.

Ethiopian topaz does not equal her, nor can she be weighed out for pure gold.

The law of your mouth is more precious to me than heaps of silver and gold.

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is preferable to silver.

One who is alienated seeks a pretext, with all persistence picks a quarrel.

If you seek her like silver, and like hidden treasures search her out,

All of them are straightforward to the intelligent, and right to those who attain knowledge.

Nor is it across the sea, that you should say, “Who will cross the sea to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may do it?”