Proverbs 16:16

New English Translation

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

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For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold.

if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold.

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

Wisdom is supreme – so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver.

For wisdom provides protection, just as money provides protection. But the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”