Proverbs 16:16

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To get wisdom is better than gold; to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

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Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, above fine gold.

if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures;

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding,

for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold.

do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom; get insight.

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.

My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money; and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”