Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well. New Living Translation Get the truth and never sell it; also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment. English Standard Version Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. Berean Standard Bible Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding. King James Bible Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. New King James Version Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding. New American Standard Bible Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom, instruction, and understanding. NASB 1995 Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding. NASB 1977 Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding. Legacy Standard Bible Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and discipline and understanding. Amplified Bible Buy truth, and do not sell it; Get wisdom and instruction and understanding. Christian Standard Bible Buy—and do not sell—truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding. Holman Christian Standard Bible Buy—and do not sell—truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding. American Standard Version Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Buy truth and do not sell wisdom, instruction or understanding. Contemporary English Version Invest in truth and wisdom, discipline and good sense, and don't part with them. Douay-Rheims Bible Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. English Revised Version Buy the truth, and sell it not; yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. GOD'S WORD® Translation Buy truth (and do not sell it), [that is,] buy wisdom, discipline, and understanding. Good News Translation Truth, wisdom, learning, and good sense--these are worth paying for, but too valuable for you to sell. International Standard Version Purchase truth, but don't sell it; store up wisdom, instruction, and understanding. JPS Tanakh 1917 Buy the truth, and sell it not; Also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Literal Standard Version Buy truth, and do not sell, | Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding, Majority Standard Bible Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding. New American Bible Buy truth and do not sell: wisdom, instruction, understanding! NET Bible Acquire truth and do not sell it--wisdom, and discipline, and understanding. New Revised Standard Version Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. New Heart English Bible Buy the truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. Webster's Bible Translation Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. World English Bible Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. Young's Literal Translation Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context True Riches…22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. 23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding. 24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.… Cross References Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field. Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding. Proverbs 17:16 Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom? Proverbs 18:15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out. Treasury of Scripture Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. buy Proverbs 2:2-4 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; … Proverbs 4:5-7 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth… Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. sell Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Acts 20:23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. Hebrews 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. Jump to Previous Buy Discipline Good Instruction Intelligence Money Sell Sense Teaching True. Truth Understanding WisdomJump to Next Buy Discipline Good Instruction Intelligence Money Sell Sense Teaching True. Truth Understanding WisdomProverbs 23 1. Consider carefully what is before you(23) Buy the truth, and sell it not.--The "truth" is here described under the three heads of wisdom, self-discipline, and understanding. (See above, on Proverbs 1:2.) All these are to be obtained from God (James 1:5), who gives to every man "liberally," "without money and without price" (Isaiah 55:1). (Comp. Revelation 3:18, and the "treasure" and "pearl of great price" of Matthew 13:44-46.)Verse 23. - Buy the truth, and sell it not (comp. Proverbs 4:5, 7; Proverbs 16:16). Consider truth as a thing of the highest value, and spare no pains, cost, or sacrifice to obtain it, and, when gotten, keep it safe; do not barter it for earthly profit or the pleasures of sense; do not be reasoned out of it, or laughed out of it; "sell it not," do not part with it for any consideration. The second clause gives the sphere in which truth moves, or the three properties which appertain to it. These are: wisdom (chochmah), practical knowledge; instruction (musar), moral culture and discipline; and understanding (binah), the faculty of discernment (see notes on Proverbs 1:2). This verse is omitted in the chief manuscripts of the Septuagint. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Invest inקְ֭נֵה (qə·nêh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own truth אֱמֶ֣ת (’ĕ·meṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness and never וְאַל־ (wə·’al-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 408: Not sell it— תִּמְכֹּ֑ר (tim·kōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 4376: To sell in wisdom חָכְמָ֖ה (ḥāḵ·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2451: Wisdom and instruction וּמוּסָ֣ר (ū·mū·sār) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4148: Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint and understanding. וּבִינָֽה׃ (ū·ḇî·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 998: An understanding Links Proverbs 23:23 NIVProverbs 23:23 NLT Proverbs 23:23 ESV Proverbs 23:23 NASB Proverbs 23:23 KJV Proverbs 23:23 BibleApps.com Proverbs 23:23 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 23:23 Chinese Bible Proverbs 23:23 French Bible Proverbs 23:23 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 23:23 Buy the truth and don't sell it (Prov. 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