My fruit is better than refined gold, my harvest better than choice silver.
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little value.
For her trade-value is better than silver, and her yield better than fine gold.
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.
Receive my instruction instead of silver and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Pure gold cannot be given for it, nor can its price be weighed in silver.
The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare to it; nor can it be valued in pure gold.
I walk in the way of righteousness, along paths of justice.
How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver.