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Selected Verse: Proverbs 8:10 - King James

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Pr 8:10 King James Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
not silver--preferable to it, so last clause implies comparison.
 
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2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!