“Accept my discipline, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold;
Gold is not given for it, nor is silver weighed out as its price.
Gold or crystal are not to be compared with it, nor is it exchanged for a vessel of fine gold.
Therefore I have loved Your commands More than gold, even fine gold!
I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure.
The Torah of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wrong is of little value.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is preferable to silver.
There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
Buy the truth and do not sell it – Wisdom and discipline and understanding.
“My fruit is better than gold and fine gold, And my increase than choice silver.
Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and an advantage to those who see the sun.
But Kĕ
as sad, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having none, and yet possessing all.