Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?
Proverbs 4:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: And with all thy getting get understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The beginning of Wisdom is: get Wisdom (skillful and godly Wisdom)! [For skillful and godly Wisdom is the principal thing.] And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation). [James 1:5.] American Standard Version (1901) Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding. Common English Bible The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! Get understanding before anything else. Catholic Public Domain Version The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence. |
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?
Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.
For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
but one thing is needed. Miriam has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.*
*But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Messiah Yeshua, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Messiah