For wisdom is better than jewels, nothing you desire compares with her.
How sweet is Your word to my taste— yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Therefore I love Your mitzvot more than gold, more than pure gold.
The Torah from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
The fear of Adonai is clean, enduring forever. The judgments of Adonai are true and altogether righteous.
How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver.
There is gold and abundance of rubies, but lips that speak knowledge are precious.
An accomplished woman who can find? Her value is far beyond rubies.
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and even better for those who see the sun.
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?
Nor is it across the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross over for us to the other side of the sea and get it for us, and have us hear it so we may do it?’