Proverbs 8:10
8 All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
9 They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
11 For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
12 I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
- KJV
- Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
- WEB
- Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.
- ASV
- Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
- DARBY
- Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold:
- BLB
- Receive my instruction and not silver, and knowledge [above] choicest gold.
- ÅB
- Ta imot min tilrettevisning istedenfor sølv, og ta imot kunnskap fremfor utsøkt gull!
- OTB
- Aksepter min undervisning i stedet for sølv, og kunnskap heller enn utvalgt gull.
- B1930
- Ta imot min tilrettevisning istedenfor sølv, og ta imot kunnskap fremfor utsøkt gull!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 2:4–5
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
Read in contextPsalms 119:127
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Read in contextPsalms 119:72
The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Read in contextProverbs 23:23
Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Read in contextProverbs 3:13–15
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Read in contextProverbs 10:20
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
Read in contextActs 3:6
But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
Read in context