Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
the Second Week after Easter
the Second Week after Easter
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Read the Bible
New Living Translation
Proverbs 8:10
Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Jump to:Bible Study Tools • Parallel Bible Verse • Bible Contextual Overview • Bible Cross-References • Gill's Bible Notes • Clarke's Bible Notes
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- BridgewayEncyclopedias:
- InternationalDevotionals:
- EveryParallel Translations
Christian Standard Bible®
Accept my instruction instead of silver,and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Accept my instruction instead of silver,and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Hebrew Names Version
Receive my instruction rather than silver; Knowledge rather than choice gold.
Receive my instruction rather than silver; Knowledge rather than choice gold.
King James Version
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
English Standard Version
Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,
Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,
New Century Version
Choose my teachings instead of silver, and knowledge rather than the finest gold.
Choose my teachings instead of silver, and knowledge rather than the finest gold.
New English Translation
Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Amplified Bible
"Take my instruction rather than [seeking] silver, And take knowledge rather than choicest gold,
"Take my instruction rather than [seeking] silver, And take knowledge rather than choicest gold,
New American Standard Bible
"Accept my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
"Accept my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
World English Bible
Receive my instruction rather than silver; Knowledge rather than choice gold.
Receive my instruction rather than silver; Knowledge rather than choice gold.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.
Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.
Legacy Standard Bible
Take my discipline and not silver,And knowledge rather than choicest fine gold.
Take my discipline and not silver,And knowledge rather than choicest fine gold.
Berean Standard Bible
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Contemporary English Version
Let instruction and knowledge mean more to you than silver or the finest gold.
Let instruction and knowledge mean more to you than silver or the finest gold.
Complete Jewish Bible
Receive my instruction, rather than silver; knowledge, rather than the finest gold.
Receive my instruction, rather than silver; knowledge, rather than the finest gold.
Darby Translation
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold:
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold:
Easy-to-Read Version
Choose discipline over silver and knowledge over the finest gold.
Choose discipline over silver and knowledge over the finest gold.
George Lamsa Translation
Receive discipline and not silver; and choose for yourself knowledge rather than fine gold.
Receive discipline and not silver; and choose for yourself knowledge rather than fine gold.
Good News Translation
Choose my instruction instead of silver; choose knowledge rather than the finest gold.
Choose my instruction instead of silver; choose knowledge rather than the finest gold.
Lexham English Bible
Take my teaching and not silver; may you choose knowledge rather than choice gold.
Take my teaching and not silver; may you choose knowledge rather than choice gold.
Literal Translation
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge, rather than choice gold.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge, rather than choice gold.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Receaue my doctryne therfore and not syluer, & knowlege more then fyne golde.
Receaue my doctryne therfore and not syluer, & knowlege more then fyne golde.
American Standard Version
Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
Bible in Basic English
Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.
Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
King James Version (1611)
Receiue my instruction, and not siluer: and knowledge rather then choise gold.
Receiue my instruction, and not siluer: and knowledge rather then choise gold.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde:
Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.
Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.
English Revised Version
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Take ye my chastisyng, and not money; chese ye teching more than tresour.
Take ye my chastisyng, and not money; chese ye teching more than tresour.
Update Bible Version
Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
Webster's Bible Translation
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
New King James Version
Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold;
Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold;
New Life Bible
Take my teaching instead of silver. Take much learning instead of fine gold.
Take my teaching instead of silver. Take much learning instead of fine gold.
New Revised Standard
Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold;
Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Receive my correction, and not silver, and knowledge, rather than choicest gold.
Receive my correction, and not silver, and knowledge, rather than choicest gold.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
Revised Standard Version
Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold;
Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold;
Young's Literal Translation
Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Take my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choicest gold.
"Take my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choicest gold.
Contextual Overview
1 Listen as Wisdom calls out! Hear as understanding raises her voice! 2 On the hilltop along the road, she takes her stand at the crossroads. 3 By the gates at the entrance to the town, on the road leading in, she cries aloud, 4 "I call to you, to all of you! I raise my voice to all people. 5 You simple people, use good judgment. You foolish people, show some understanding. 6 Listen to me! For I have important things to tell you. Everything I say is right, 7 for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception. 8 My advice is wholesome. There is nothing devious or crooked in it. 9 My words are plain to anyone with understanding, clear to those with knowledge. 10 Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 2:4, Proverbs 2:5, Proverbs 3:13, Proverbs 3:14, Proverbs 10:20, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 23:23, Psalms 119:72, Psalms 119:127, Psalms 119:162, Ecclesiastes 7:11, Acts 3:6, 2 Corinthians 6:10
Reciprocal: Job 28:15 - It cannot be gotten for gold Psalms 19:10 - than gold Psalms 32:8 - instruct Proverbs 1:3 - receive Proverbs 4:10 - my Proverbs 8:19 - General Jeremiah 17:23 - nor Jeremiah 35:13 - Will Ezekiel 3:10 - receive Matthew 13:45 - like John 17:8 - received Acts 17:11 - they received 1 Corinthians 3:12 - gold Revelation 18:12 - merchandise
Cross-References
Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created."
Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created."
Genesis 7:10
After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.
After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.
Genesis 8:12
He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.
He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.
Psalms 40:1
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry.Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the Lord , who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my hope in him.
I will wait for the Lord , who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my hope in him.
Isaiah 26:8
Lord , we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart's desire is to glorify your name.
Lord , we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart's desire is to glorify your name.
Romans 8:25
But if we look forward to something we don't yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)
But if we look forward to something we don't yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Receive my instruction, and not silver,.... Not but that silver may be desired, sought after and received, consistent with the instructions of wisdom; though an anxious, immoderate, sinful pursuit after it, hinders the reception of them; and when they are in competition, the one is to be preferred to the other: the doctrines of the Gospel are of more worth, and more to be desired, than thousands of gold and silver; and therefore the meaning is, that the instruction of wisdom should be received rather than silver; it should have the preference; so Gersom interprets it, and with which agrees the following clause:
and knowledge rather than choice gold; that is, the knowledge of Christ, and the knowledge of God in Christ; the knowledge of the Gospel, and the truths of it; a spiritual and experimental knowledge of these things is of more value than the finest gold, than the gold of Ophir; see Psalms 19:10.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 8:10. Receive my instruction, and not silver — A Hebrew idiom; receive my instruction in preference to silver.
