New King James Version
Proverbs 8:10
10Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice 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 Living Translation (NLT)Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Context of Proverbs 8:10
8All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them. 9They are all plain to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge. Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold; 11For wisdom is better than rubies, And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her. 12“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion.
Read all of Proverbs 8Proverbs 8:10 word by word
קְחֽוּ־מוּסָרִ֥י וְאַל־כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝דַ֗עַת מֵחָר֥וּץ נִבְחָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 8:10
- Proverbs 2:4If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;
- Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding;
- Proverbs 10:20The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little.
- Proverbs 16:16How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
- Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
- Psalms 119:72The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.
- Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And profitable to those who see the sun.
- Acts 3:6Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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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