Proverbs 16:16
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
In Context
15In the light of the king’s countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Cross References
Job 28:13Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
Proverbs 2:4If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures:
Proverbs 3:14For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.
Proverbs 4:7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 8:19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.
Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:15-16
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. These two verses show the power of kings, which is every where great, but was especially so in those eastern countries, where they were absolute and arbitrary. Whom they would they slew and whom they would they kept alive. Their will was a law. We have reason to bless God for the happy constitution of the government we live under, which… Read the whole commentary →