Proverbs 4:7

The bigynnyng of wisdom, welde thou wisdom; and in al thi possessioun gete thou prudence.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

In Context

6Forsake thou not it, and it schal kepe thee; loue thou it, and it schal kepe thee.

8Take thou it, and it schal enhaunse thee; thou schalt be glorified of it, whanne thou hast biclippid it.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 1:10Yiue thou to me wisdom and vndurstondyng, that Y go in and go out bifor thi puple; for who may deme worthili this thi puple, which is so greet?

Proverbs 16:16Welde thou wisdom, for it is betere than gold; and gete thou prudence, for it is precyousere than siluer.

Proverbs 23:23Bie thou treuthe, and nyle thou sille wisdom, and doctryn, and vndurstonding.

Ecclesiastes 4:8oon is, and he hath not a secounde; not a sone, not a brother; and netheles he ceesith not for to trauele, nether hise iyen ben fillid with richessis; nether he bithenkith, and seith, To whom trauele Y, and disseyue my soule in goodis? In this also is vanyte, and the worste turment.

Ecclesiastes 9:16And Y seide, that wisdom is betere than strengthe; hou therfor is the wisdom of a pore man dispisid, and hise wordis ben not herd?

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