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Proverbs 4:7

WisdomMoney and wealth

5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 7:12

    For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:16–18

    Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

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  • Proverbs 23:23

    Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

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  • Proverbs 16:16

    How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

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  • Philippians 3:8

    Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

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  • Mark 8:36–37

    For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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  • Matthew 13:44–46

    Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

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  • Psalms 119:104

    Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

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