Proverbs 16:16
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold; to gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
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Proverbs 3:15-18
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her. . . .

Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is supreme; therefore acquire wisdom. And whatever else you obtain, gain understanding.

Proverbs 8:10, 11, 19
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. . . .

Job 28:13
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

Psalm 119:127
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.

Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Matthew 16:26
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 12:21
This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God."

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

King James Bible
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Get wisdom-- how much better it is than gold! And get understanding-- it is preferable to silver.

International Standard Version
How much better than gaining gold is the acquisition of wisdom, the attainment of wisdom better than silver!

NET Bible
How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Possessing wisdom is better than gold, and possessing understanding, better than silver.
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