THEOSISProverbs 16:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.
קְֽנֹה־חָכְמָ֗ה מַה־טּ֥וֹב מֵחָר֑וּץ וּקְנ֥וֹת בִּ֝ינָ֗ה נִבְחָ֥ר מִכָּֽסֶף׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 8:10Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
- Prov 8:11For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.
- Prov 8:19For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.
- Matt 16:26For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?
- Eccl 7:12Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.
- Prov 4:7The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.
- Ps 119 (118):127
- Job 28:13Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.