Proverbs 8:11

Young's Literal Translation 1898

For better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

Cross References

Psalm 119:103

How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold--even fine gold.

Psalm 119:72

Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!

Psalm 19:10

They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.

Proverbs 16:16

To get wisdom--how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

Proverbs 20:15

Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 31:10

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies is her price.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And an advantage it is to those beholding the sun.

Matthew 16:26

for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

Deuteronomy 30:13

And it is not beyond the sea, --saying, Who doth pass over for us beyond the sea, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it--that we may do it?