Therefore I love thy commandments\par\tab Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
Proverbs 16:16 - American Standard Version 2015 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!\par\tab Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How much better it is to get skillful and godly Wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. [Prov. 8:10, 19.] American Standard Version (1901) How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver. Common English Bible Acquiring wisdom is much better than gold, and acquiring understanding is better than silver. Catholic Public Domain Version Possess wisdom, for it is better than gold. And acquire prudence, for it is more precious than silver. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver. |
Therefore I love thy commandments\par\tab Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
If thou seek her as silver,\par\tab And search for her as for hid treasures:
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,\par\tab And the man that getteth understanding.
For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,\par\tab And the profit thereof than fine gold.
Get wisdom, get understanding;\par\tab Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
Wisdom {\i is} the principal thing; {\i therefore} get wisdom;\par\tab Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold;\par\tab And my revenue than choice silver.
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.
For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.}\par