THEOSISProverbs 3:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold:
כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב סַ֭חְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּ֑סֶף וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 16:16Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.
- Prov 8:19For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.
- Job 28:13Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.
- Job 28:19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
- 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?
- 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.
- Ps 119 (118):111