Proverbs 16:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹⁶ How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather 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 your mitzvot more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

Proverbs 2:4

If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

Proverbs 3:13

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

Proverbs 3:14

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

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.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Luke 12:21

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.*