Proverbs 20:15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
In Context
14Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
16Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.
Cross References
Job 28:18Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not equal unto her.
Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold:
Proverbs 10:20The tongue of the righteous [man] is [as] choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Proverbs 15:23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it!
Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart is called intelligent, and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:15
14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. See here 1. What arts men use to get a good bargain and to buy cheap. They not only cheapen carelessly, as if they had no need, no mind for the commodity, when perhaps they cannot go without it (there may be prudence in that), but they vilify and run down that which yet they know to be of value; they cry, " It is naught, it is naught; it has this and the other fault, or perhaps may have; it is not good of the sort; and… Read the whole commentary →