Proverbs 23:23 - King James Version - American Edition Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and 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. |
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.