Proverbs 16:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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.

English Standard Version 2016

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

Proverbs 16:16 交叉引用

Proverbs 2:4

if you will seek her like money, and dig for her as if for treasure,

Proverbs 3:13

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom and who advances to prudence.

Proverbs 3:14

Her acquisition is better than trading in silver, and her fruit is better than the first and purest gold.

Proverbs 4:5

Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence.

Proverbs 8:19

For my fruit is better than gold and precious stones, and my progeny better than choice silver.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

Wisdom with riches is more useful and more advantageous, for those who see the sun.

Matthew 16:26

For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 12:21

So it is with him who stores up for himself, and is not wealthy with God."