For better [is] wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.
How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold — even fine gold.
Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.
To get wisdom — how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!
Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.
A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies [is] her price.
Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.
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?
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?