Proverbs 16:16

The English Standar Version

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Cross References

Psalm 119:127

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

Proverbs 2:4

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

Proverbs 3:13

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,

Proverbs 3:14

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

Proverbs 4:5

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

Proverbs 4:7

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

Proverbs 8:19

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

Ecclesiastes 7:12

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.

Matthew 16:26

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?

Luke 12:21

So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."