Proverbs 20:15

There is zahav, and a multitude of rubies, 1 but the sfatayim (lips) of da'as are a precious jewel. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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

14It is good for nothing, it is naught, saith the koneh (buyer), 1 but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 1

16Take his garment that is guaranty for a zar (stranger), 1 and hold it as his pledge for a nokhriyah (foreign woman, strange woman, seductress). 1

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Cross References

Job 28:18Nor shall mention be made of coral or crystal, 1 for the price of chochmah is above pearls. 1

Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than peninim (pearls); 1 and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 1

Proverbs 8:10Receive my musar, and not kesef; 1 and da'as (knowledge) rather than choice gold. 1

Proverbs 10:20The lashon of the tzaddik is as choice kesef; 1 the lev of the resha'im is of little worth. 1

Proverbs 15:23An ish hath simchah in the apt reply of his peh (mouth), 1 and a timely davar, mah tov (how good!) 1

Proverbs 16:21The chacham lev shall be called prudent, 1 and the sweetness of the sfatayim (lips) adds to learning. 1

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 →

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