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

My fruit {is} better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Happy {is} the man {that} findeth wisdom, and the man {that} getteth understanding. {that getteth...: Heb. that draweth out understanding}

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom {is} above rubies. {coral: or, Ramoth}

For wisdom {is} better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

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}

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current {money} with the merchant.

Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.