Cross References

Proverbs 8:19

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

My fruit is better than gold, and precious stone; and my seeds [or my burgeonings] be better than chosen silver.

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Gold full clean shall not be given for wisdom, neither silver shall be weighed in the exchanging thereof.

topaz of Ethiopia shall not be made even worth to wisdom, and most precious dyeings shall not be set together in price, or comparisoned, thereto.

Chosen silver is the tongue of a just [or rightwise] man; the heart of wicked men is for nought.

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

The getting thereof is better than the merchandise [or chaffering] of gold and of silver; the fruits thereof be the first and the cleanest.

Take ye my chastising [or my discipline], and not money; choose ye teaching, more than treasure.

I go in the ways of rightfulness [or rightwiseness], in the midst of the paths of doom;

For as wisdom defendeth, so money defendeth; but learning and wisdom have this moreover, that those give life to them that have them.