Proverbs 16:16 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ How much better to get wisdom than gold! 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

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Psalm 119:127

Truly I love your commandments more than gold, more than fine gold.

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver, and search for it as for hidden treasures—

Proverbs 3:13

Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding,

Proverbs 3:14

for her income is better than silver, and her revenue better than gold.

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom; get insight: do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever else you get, get insight.

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to the one who possesses it.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

Luke 12:21

So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”