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Proverbs 8:10

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

KJV

Accipite disciplinam meam, et non pecuniam ; doctrinam magis quam aurum eligite :

Vulgate

λάβετε παιδείαν καὶ μὴ ἀργύριον, καὶ γνῶσιν ὑπὲρ χρυσίον δεδοκιμασμένον·

LXX

Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.

ASV

קְחֽוּ מוּסָרִ֥/י וְ/אַל כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝/דַ֗עַת מֵ/חָר֥וּץ נִבְחָֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
חָר֣וּץ
chrvts
noun · 16×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
מוּסָ֑ר
mvsr
noun · 50×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

55. (3.) Such has been the state of mind under which Christ's enemies have fallen into their execrable heresy. For had they known the person, and the subject, and the season of the Apostle's words, they would not have expounded of Christ's divinity what belongs to His manhood, nor in their folly have committed so great an act of irreligion. Now this will be readily seen, if one…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:12 — Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
  • 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
  • Acts 3:6 — Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
  • Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
  • Eccl 7:11 — Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
  • Eccl 7:11 — Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
  • Ezek 3:10 — Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
  • Job 28:15 — It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
  • John 17:8 — For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
  • Matt 13:45 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
  • Prov 1:3 — To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
  • Prov 2:4 — If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
  • Prov 3:13 — Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
  • Prov 3:14 — For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
  • Prov 4:10 — Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
  • Prov 8:19 — My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
  • Prov 8:19 — My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
  • Prov 10:20 — The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
  • Prov 16:16 — How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
  • Prov 16:16 — How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
  • Prov 23:23 — Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
  • Ps 19:10 — More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
  • Ps 32:8 — I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
  • Ps 119:72 — The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
  • Ps 119:72 — The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
  • Ps 119:127 — Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
  • Ps 119:162 — I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
  • Rev 18:12 — The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels