Proverbs 23:23

World English Bible (2000)

Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 13:44 : 44 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
  • Prov 18:15 : 15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
  • Isa 55:1 : 1 "Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
  • Matt 13:46 : 46 who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
  • Job 28:12-19 : 12 "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding? 13 Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.' 15 It can't be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price. 16 It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
  • Ps 119:72 : 72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
  • Prov 2:2-4 : 2 So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
  • Prov 4:5-7 : 5 Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. 6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. 7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Acts 20:23 : 23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
  • Phil 3:7-8 : 7 However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
  • Heb 11:26 : 26 accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life, even to death.

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  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

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    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.

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    21My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

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    3Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

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    26My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

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    4Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

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    27If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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    13Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

  • Prov 16:22-23
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    22Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

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    13Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

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