Proverbs 16:16

Tree of Life Version

How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver.

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Therefore I love Your mitzvot more than gold, more than pure gold.

if you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures,

Happy is the man who finds wisdom and the man who gains understanding.

For her trade-value is better than silver, and her yield better than fine gold.

Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Wisdom is supreme—acquire wisdom! With all your acquisitions, get understanding.

My fruit is better than refined gold, my harvest better than choice silver.

For wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: wisdom preserves the life of the one who possesses it.

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

So it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich in God.”