Proverbs 8:11 · KJV
“For wisdom {is} better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.”
— Proverbs 8:11
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. {prudence: or, subtilty}
Proverbs 8 — Context
They {are} all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11For wisdom {is} better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. {prudence: or, subtilty}
13The fear of the LORD {is} to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:14-15
For the merchandise of it {is} better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Proverbs 4:5-7
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget {it} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better {is it} to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Psalms 19:10
More to be desired {are they} than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. {the honeycomb: Heb. the dropping of honeycombs}
Psalms 119:127
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Proverbs 20:15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge {are} a precious jewel.
Job 28:15-19
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed {for} the price thereof. {It...: Heb. Fine gold shall not be given for it}
Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?