Proverbs 3:14
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14 Her profit is better than profit in silver,
and better than gold is her revenue;
Proverbs 8:10-11
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10 Take my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 [For Wisdom is better than corals,
and no treasures can compare with her.(A)]
Proverbs 8:19
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19 My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,
and my yield than choice silver.(A)
Proverbs 16:16
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Footnotes
- 16:16 The point of comparison is the superiority of the pursuit of wisdom and gold, not the relative merits of wealth and wisdom.
Wisdom 7:7-11
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Solomon Prayed and Wisdom and Riches Came to Him
7 Therefore I prayed, and prudence was given me;
I pleaded and the spirit of Wisdom came to me.(A)
8 I preferred her to scepter and throne,(B)
And deemed riches nothing in comparison with her,
9 nor did I liken any priceless gem to her;
Because all gold, in view of her, is a bit of sand,
and before her, silver is to be accounted mire.
10 Beyond health and beauty I loved her,
And I chose to have her rather than the light,
because her radiance never ceases.(C)
11 Yet all good things together came to me with her,(D)
and countless riches at her hands;
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