THEOSISProverbs 4:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.
רֵאשִׁ֣ית חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה חָכְמָ֑ה וּבְכָל־קִ֝נְיָנְךָ֗ קְנֵ֣ה בִינָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Eccl 7:12Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.
- Eccl 9:16And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?
- Eccl 9:18Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.
- Prov 23:23Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
- Prov 16:16Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.
- Phil 3:8Furthermore, I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ.
- Mark 8:36For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?
- Mark 8:37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul: