Proverbs 8:11

For wisdom is betere than alle richessis moost preciouse; and al desirable thing mai not be comparisound therto.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

In Context

10Take ye my chastisyng, and not money; chese ye teching more than tresour.

12Y, wisdom, dwelle in counsel; and Y am among lernyd thouytis.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:13nether it is set biyende the see, `that thou pleyne, and seye, Who of vs may passe ouer the see, and brynge it til to vs, that we moun here and do that that is comaundid?

Psalms 19:10Lord, make thou saaf the kyng; and here thou vs in the dai in which we inwardli clepen thee.

Proverbs 3:14The geting therof is betere than the marchaundie of gold and of siluer; the fruytis therof ben the firste and clenneste.

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

Matthew 16:26For what profitith it to a man, if he wynne al the world, and suffre peiryng of his soule? or what chaunging schal a man yyue for his soule?

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