Proverbs 20:15
13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
14 “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
16 Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
17 Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
- KJV
- There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
- WEB
- There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
- ASV
- There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
- DARBY
- There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.
- BLB
- There is gold and an abundance of rubies, and the lips of knowledge [are] a precious vessel.
- ÅB
- Det er nok gull og perler i mengde, men kyndige lepper er en kostelig ting.
- OTB
- Det er gull og en overflod av juveler, men lepper som taler kunnskap er en sjelden skatt.
- B1930
- Det er nok gull og perler i mengde, men kyndige leber er en kostelig ting.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
Read in contextProverbs 25:12
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
Read in contextProverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Read in contextProverbs 16:16
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
Read in contextRomans 10:14–15
How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
Read in contextProverbs 3:15
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:9–11
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
Read in contextProverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
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