Proverbs 20:15
There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
In Context
14“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
Cross References
Job 28:18Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Proverbs 10:20The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
Proverbs 15:23A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.
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 →