Proverbs 23:23

New Century Version

Learn the truth and never reject it. Get wisdom, self-control, and understanding.

Cross References

Psalm 119:127

I love your commands more than the purest gold.

Psalm 119:72

Your teachings are worth more to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Proverbs 10:1

These are the wise words of Solomon: Wise children make their father happy, but foolish children make their mother sad.

Proverbs 16:16

It is better to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

Proverbs 17:16

It won’t do a fool any good to try to buy wisdom, because he doesn’t have the ability to be wise.

Proverbs 18:15

The mind of a person with understanding gets knowledge; the wise person listens to learn more.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not correct those who make fun of wisdom, or they will hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.

Isaiah 55:1

The Lord says, “All you who are thirsty, come and drink. Those of you who do not have money, come, buy and eat! Come buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. One day a man found the treasure, and then he hid it in the field again. He was so happy that he went and sold everything he owned to buy that field.

Matthew 13:46

When he found a very valuable pearl, he went and sold everything he had and bought it.

Matthew 16:26

It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls. They could never pay enough to buy back their souls.

Acts 20:23

I know only that in every city the Holy Spirit tells me that troubles and even jail wait for me.

Hebrews 11:26

He thought it was better to suffer for the Christ than to have all the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking for God’s reward.

Revelation 12:11

And our brothers and sisters defeated him by the blood of the Lamb’s death and by the message they preached. They did not love their lives so much that they were afraid of death.

Revelation 3:18

I advise you to buy from me gold made pure in fire so you can be truly rich. Buy from me white clothes so you can be clothed and so you can cover your shameful nakedness. Buy from me medicine to put on your eyes so you can truly see.