Proverbs 16:16 - American Standard Version 2015

¹⁶ How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!\par\tab Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Acquiring wisdom is much better than gold, and acquiring understanding is better than silver.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Possess wisdom, for it is better than gold. And acquire prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Proverbs 16:16 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 119:127

Therefore I love thy commandments\par\tab Above gold, yea, above fine gold.

Proverbs 2:4

If thou seek her as silver,\par\tab And search for her as for hid treasures:

Proverbs 3:13

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,\par\tab And the man that getteth understanding.

Proverbs 3:14

For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,\par\tab And the profit thereof than fine gold.

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom, get understanding;\par\tab Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom {\i is} the principal thing; {\i therefore} get wisdom;\par\tab Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold;\par\tab And my revenue than choice silver.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

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.

Matthew 16:26

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?

Luke 12:21

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.}\par