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Proverbs 8:10
10Receive my wise teaching and knowledge as valuable things. They are more valuable than silver or the best gold.
Proverbs 8:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
- New International Version (NIV)Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold;
Context of Proverbs 8:10
8Everything that I say is right and true. I say nothing that will deceive you. 9If you understand what is right, you will understand all my words. If you have knowledge, you will know that they are true. Receive my wise teaching and knowledge as valuable things. They are more valuable than silver or the best gold. 11Wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you might ever want is equal to it. 12I, wisdom, live with an honest mind as my friend. I have knowledge and I understand what is right.
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קְחֽוּ־מוּסָרִ֥י וְאַל־כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝דַ֗עַת מֵחָר֥וּץ נִבְחָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 8:10
- Proverbs 2:4Look for wisdom as carefully as you would look for silver, or valuable jewels.
- Proverbs 3:13Anyone who finds wisdom is in a happy place! So is the person who has learned to understand things.
- Proverbs 10:20The words of righteous people are as valuable as the best silver. But the thoughts of wicked people are useless.
- Proverbs 16:16It is better to have wisdom than gold or silver. You should want to understand what is right.
- Proverbs 23:23Truth, wisdom, good teaching and knowledge are valuable things. Buy them for yourself. Do not sell them.
- Psalms 119:72The rules that you have taught me are very valuable. They are more valuable to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
- Ecclesiastes 7:11It is good to have wisdom, like money that you receive from your father. Wisdom helps everyone who lives.
- Acts 3:6Then Peter said to the man, ‘I do not have any money. But I do have something else that I will give to you. Jesus Christ from Nazareth gave me authority to do this. So now I tell you to walk!’
- 2 Corinthians 6:10We seem to be sad, but really we are always happy. We seem to be poor, but we make many people rich. We seem to have nothing, but really we have everything.
Commentaries on Proverbs 8:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Receive my instruction, and not silver - A Hebrew idiom; receive my instruction in preference to silver.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11receive...rather: You must decide between pursuing money or valuables and seeking wisdom, which is much more valuable.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. not silver--preferable to it, so last clause implies comparison.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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