Proverbs 23:23 - Tree of Life Version Acquire truth and do not sell it, acquire 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. |
The Torah from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son gives joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver.
Of what use is money in the hand of a fool since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?
A discerning heart gains knowledge, the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Do not correct a scoffer or he will hate you. Rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
“Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water, and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. And because of his joy, he goes out and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Upon finding a pearl of great value, he went out and sold all that he had and bought it.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
except that the Ruach ha-Kodesh bears witness to me from city to city, saying that bondage and afflictions await me.
He considered the disgrace of Messiah as greater riches than the treasures of Egypt—because he was looking ahead to the reward.
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even in the face of death.
I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white clothes so that you may dress yourself and so the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed, and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.