| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Pr 16:16 | King James | How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! |
| 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]! |
| Hebrew For 2742 | |
| Word | charuwts |
| Pronunciation | khaw-roots' |
| Definition |
or charuts {khaw-roots'}; passive participle of 2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall. |
| Root(s) | 2782 |
| Verse Occurrences | 17 |
| Verse | Other Content | Text |
| Job 41:30 | C D T K | Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things [02742] upon the mire. |
| Ps 68:13 | C D T R K | Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold [02742]. |
| Pr 3:14 | C D T R K | For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold [02742]. |
| Pr 8:10 | C D T R K | Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold [02742]. |
| Pr 8:19 | C D T R K | My fruit is better than gold [02742], yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. |
| Pr 10:4 | C D T R K | He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand : but the hand of the diligent [02742] maketh rich. |
| Pr 12:24 | C D T R K | The hand of the diligent [02742] shall bear rule : but the slothful shall be under tribute. |
| Pr 12:27 | C D T R K | The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting : but the substance of a diligent [02742] man is precious. |
| Pr 13:4 | C D T R K | The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent [02742] shall be made fat. |
| Pr 16:16 | C D T R K | How much better is it to get wisdom than gold [02742]! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! |
| Pr 21:5 | C T R K | The thoughts of the diligent [02742] tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. |
| Isa 28:27 | C D T R K | For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument [02742], neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. |
| Isa 41:15 | C D T R K | Behold, I will make thee a new sharp [02742] threshing instrument having teeth : thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. |
| Da 9:25 | C D T R K | Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the wall [02742], even in troublous times. |
| Joe 3:14 | C D T R K | Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision [02742]: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision [02742]. |
| Am 1:3 | C D T R K | Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments [02742] of iron : |
| Zec 9:3 | C D T R K | And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold [02742] as the mire of the streets. |