Proverbs 3:13
Yahweh is pleased with those who become wise and have good understanding.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
In Context
14Being wise and having good understanding is worth more than silver, better than gold.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:1The queen who ruled the Sheba area heard that Yahweh had caused Solomon to become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult to answer.
Job 28:18Wisdom is worth more than coral or crystal/pure quartz; the price of wisdom is higher/more than the price of pearls.
Psalms 119:72The laws that you [MTY] gave/told to us are worth more to me than gold, more than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Proverbs 4:5Obtain wisdom and understanding, and ◄do not abandon/hold fast to► [LIT] what I have taught you.
Proverbs 8:34I am pleased with those who listen to me, those who are outside my house every day, waiting for me to come out.
Proverbs 18:1Those who separate themselves from other people think only about those things that they are interested in; if they would continually associate with those who have good judgment/sense, they would constantly disagree/quarrel with them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:8-13
Consecration to God. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord , and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord ; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. We have… Read the whole commentary →