Proverbs 8:11

New American Bible - revised edition

[For Wisdom is better than corals, and no treasures can compare with her.]

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How sweet to my tongue is your promise, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Truly I love your commandments more than gold, more than the finest gold.

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

The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The statutes of the Lord are true, all of them just;

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

One can put on gold and abundant jewels, but wise lips are the most precious ornament.

Who can find a woman of worth? Far beyond jewels is her value.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance and profitable to those who see the sun.

What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?

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?”