Verse 10

Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 119:72 : 72 The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
• Ps 119:127 : 127 For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold.
• Eccl 7:11 : 11 Wisdom Can Lengthen One’s Life Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.
• Acts 3:6 : 6 But Peter said,“I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!”
• 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
• Ps 119:162 : 162 I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.
• Prov 2:4-5 : 4 if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, 5 then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God.
• Prov 3:13-15 : 13 Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding. 14 For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.
• Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruit is better than the purest gold, and my harvest is better than choice silver.
• Prov 10:20 : 20 What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.
• Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
• Prov 23:23 : 23 Acquire truth and do not sell it– wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.