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Proverbs 16:16
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How much better it is to acquire wisdom than fine gold!And to acquire understanding is to be chosen above silver.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.
How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!
How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
Wisdom is worth much more than gold. Understanding is worth much more than silver.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
How much better is it to get wisedome, then gold? and to get vnderstanding, rather to be chosen then siluer?
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.
Get wisdom—it's worth more than money; choose insight over income every time.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold? and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver?
How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
It's much better to be wise and sensible than to be rich.
How much better than gold it is to gain wisdom! Yes, rather than money, choose to gain understanding.
Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.
To get wisdom is much better than gold; and to get understanding is better than silver.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
To get wisdom is much better than getting gold. To get understanding should be chosen instead of silver.
The brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold; to gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice than silver!
Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.
Getting wisdom: how much better than gold! And getting understanding: it is chosen over silver.
How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
It is better to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!
It is better—much better—to have wisdom and knowledge than gold and silver.
Get wisdom— how much better it is than gold! And get understanding— it is preferable to silver.
Welde thou wisdom, for it is betere than gold; and gete thou prudence, for it is precyousere than siluer.
To get wisdom is better than gold; to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 3:15-18, Proverbs 4:7, Proverbs 8:10, Proverbs 8:11, Proverbs 8:19, Job 28:13-28, Psalms 119:127, Ecclesiastes 7:12, Matthew 16:26, Luke 12:21
Reciprocal: Exodus 9:20 - General 1 Kings 3:9 - Give therefore Job 28:15 - It cannot be gotten for gold Psalms 19:10 - than gold Psalms 34:14 - Depart Psalms 90:12 - that Psalms 119:72 - better Proverbs 1:2 - General Proverbs 2:4 - thou Proverbs 3:14 - General Proverbs 20:15 - but Proverbs 23:23 - Buy Ecclesiastes 2:13 - I saw Matthew 6:19 - General Matthew 13:44 - like Mark 10:30 - an hundredfold Luke 12:15 - for 1 Corinthians 3:12 - gold 2 Corinthians 6:10 - and 1 Peter 1:7 - precious
Gill's Notes on the Bible
How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold?.... To obtain and possess Christ, the fountain of wisdom, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, which treasures are infinitely preferable to thousands of gold and silver; to gain the knowledge of him, and of God in him, with which eternal life is connected, and in comparison of which all things are loss and dung; to have wisdom in the hidden part, or grace in the heart, which is much more precious than gold that perisheth; to have a spiritual experimental knowledge of the Gospel, and the truths of it, which are more to be desired than gold, yea, than fine gold; all which are to be got by diligent search and inquiry, by prayer and asking for, and to be had or bought without money and without price; and the getting of them is above all other gettings; such wisdom is more valuable in itself, has a greater intrinsic worth in it than gold; it is more profitable and useful, more solid and satisfying; it is not only better, but it is abundantly better, it is inexpressibly so; it cannot be well said how much better it is, and therefore it is put by way of question and admiration; see Proverbs 3:13;
and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver? the same thing is designed as before, expressed in different words; a spiritual understanding of Christ and the Gospel, and an experience of the grace of God; though some, as Gersom, think that wisdom is something better than understanding, as gold, to which it is preferred, is better than silver. The Septuagint render it,
"nests of wisdom, and nests of understanding;''
and the Arabic version,
"buds of wisdom, and buds of understanding.''
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 16:16. How much better - to get wisdom than gold? — Who believes this, though spoken by the wisest of men, under Divine inspiration?
