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Selected Verse: Proverbs 16:16 - Strong Concordance

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Pr 16:16 Strong Concordance How much better [02896] is it to get [07069] wisdom [02451] than gold [02742]! and to get [07069] understanding [0998] rather to be chosen [0977] than silver [03701]!
  King James How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

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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]
(Compare Pro 3:16; Pro 4:5).
 
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5 Get [07069] wisdom [02451], get [07069] understanding [0998]: forget [07911] it not; neither decline [05186] from the words [0561] of my mouth [06310].
16 Length [0753] of days [03117] is in her right hand [03225]; and in her left hand [08040] riches [06239] and honour [03519].
14 For the merchandise [05504] of it is better [02896] than the merchandise [05505] of silver [03701], and the gain [08393] thereof than fine gold [02742].
18 No mention [02142] shall be made of coral [07215], or of pearls [01378]: for the price [04901] of wisdom [02451] is above rubies [06443].
3 I will set [07896] no wicked [01100] thing [01697] before mine eyes [05869]: I hate [08130] the work [06213] of them that turn aside [07750]; it shall not cleave [01692] to me.
20 But as for you, ye thought [02803] evil [07451] against me; but God [0430] meant it [02803] unto good [02896], to [04616] bring to pass [06213], as it is this day [03117], to save [02421] much [07227] people [05971] alive [02421].
38 This twenty [06242] years [08141] have I been with thee; thy ewes [07353] and thy she goats [05795] have not cast their young [07921], and the rams [0352] of thy flock [06629] have I not eaten [0398].
27 It is not good [02896] to eat [0398] much [07235] honey [01706]: so for men to search [02714] their own glory [03519] is not glory [03519].
10 Receive [03947] my instruction [04148], and not silver [03701]; and knowledge [01847] rather than choice [0977] gold [02742].
3 To do [06213] justice [06666] and judgment [04941] is more acceptable [0977] to the LORD [03068] than sacrifice [02077].
1 A good name [08034] is rather to be chosen [0977] than great [07227] riches [06239], and loving [02896] favour [02580] rather than silver [03701] and gold [02091].
7 Wisdom [02451] is the principal thing [07225]; therefore get [07069] wisdom [02451]: and with all thy getting [07075] get understanding [0998].