Proverbs 4:7
5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
8 Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
9 She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
- KJV
- Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
- WEB
- Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
- ASV
- Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
- DARBY
- The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
- BLB
- The first [thing] [is] wisdom; acquire wisdom, and in all your acquiring, acquire understanding.
- ÅB
- Begynnelsen til visdom er: Kjøp visdom, ja, kjøp forstand for alt ditt gods!
- OTB
- Begynnelsen til visdom er dette: søk visdom. Om det koster alt du har, oppnå forståelse.
- B1930
- Begynnelsen til visdom er: Kjøp visdom, ja, kjøp forstand for alt ditt gods!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:16–18
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
Read in contextProverbs 23:23
Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Read in contextProverbs 16:16
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:8
More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
Read in contextMark 8:36–37
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
Read in contextMatthew 13:44–46
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Read in contextPsalms 119:104
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
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