“How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!”
Proverbs 16:16 (KJV) |
Proverbs 16:16
From Proverbs 16, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
15
In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.