Proverbs 23:23

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

Buy thou truth, and do not thou sell wisdom, and doctrine, and understanding.

Cross References

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I loved thy command-ments; more than gold and topaz.

Psalm 119:72

The law out of thy mouth is better to me; than thousands of gold and silver.

Proverbs 10:1

The parables of Solomon. A wise son maketh glad his father; but a fond [or foolish] son is the sorrow of his mother.

Proverbs 16:16

Wield thou wisdom, for it is better than gold; and get thou prudence, for it is preciouser than silver.

Proverbs 17:16

What profiteth it to a fool to have riches, since he may not buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh falling; and he that escheweth to learn, shall fall into evils.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of a prudent man shall hold steadfastly knowing; and the ear of wise men seeketh teaching.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not thou reprove a scorner; lest he hate thee. Reprove thou a wise man; and he shall love thee.

Isaiah 55:1

All that thirst, come ye to waters, [or All ye thirsting, cometh to waters], and ye that have not silver, haste, buy ye, and eat ye; come ye, buy ye, without silver and without any exchanging, wine and milk.

Matthew 13:44

The kingdom of heavens is like to treasure hid in a field, which a man that findeth, hideth; and for joy of it he goeth, and selleth all things that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Matthew 13:46

but when he hath found one precious margarite, he went, and sold all things that he had, and bought it.

Matthew 16:26

For what profiteth it to a man [or what profiteth to a man], if he win all the world, and suffer impairing of his soul? or what exchanging shall a man give for his soul?

Acts 20:23

but that the Holy Ghost by all cities witnesseth to me, and saith, that bonds and tribulations at Jerusalem abide me.

Hebrews 11:26

deeming the reproof of Christ more riches, than the treasures of [the] Egyptians; for he beheld into the rewarding.

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him for the blood of the lamb, and for the word of his witnessing; and they loved not their lives [or their souls] till to the death.

Revelation 3:18

I counsel thee to buy of me burnt gold, that thou be made rich, and be clothed with white clothes, that the confusion [or the shame] of thy nakedness be not seen; and anoint thine eyes with a collyrium, that is, a medicine for eyes, gathered of diverse herbs, that thou see.