Solomon’s proverbs: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
Proverbs 23:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Buy #– #and do not sell #– #truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Buy the truth, and sell it not; Also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Buy the truth and sell it not; not only that, but also get discernment and judgment, instruction and understanding. American Standard Version (1901) Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Common English Bible Buy truth and don’t sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. Catholic Public Domain Version Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
Solomon’s proverbs: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
Get wisdom – how much better it is than gold! And get understanding – it is preferable to silver.
Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it.
Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.
‘Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost!
‘The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.
When he found one priceless pearl, he went and sold everything he had and bought it.
For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?
except that in every town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.
For he considered reproach for the sake of Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, since he was looking ahead to the reward.
They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; for they did not love their lives to the point of death.
I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may be rich, white clothes so that you may be dressed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed, and ointment to spread on your eyes so that you may see.