Proverbs 20:15

יֵשׁ זָהָב וְרָב ־ פְּנִינִים וּכְלִי יְקָר שִׂפְתֵי ־ דָֽעַת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

In Context

14רַע רַע יֹאמַר הַקּוֹנֶה וְאֹזֵל לוֹ אָז יִתְהַלָּֽל ׃

16לְֽקַח ־ בִּגְדוֹ כִּי ־ עָרַב זָר וּבְעַד נכרים חַבְלֵֽהוּ ׃

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Cross References

Job 28:18רָאמוֹת וְגָבִישׁ לֹא יִזָּכֵר וּמֶשֶׁךְ חָכְמָה מִפְּנִינִֽים ׃

Proverbs 3:15יְקָרָה הִיא מפניים וְכָל ־ חֲפָצֶיךָ לֹא יִֽשְׁווּ ־ בָֽהּ ׃

Proverbs 8:10קְחֽוּ ־ מוּסָרִי וְאַל ־ כָּסֶף וְדַעַת מֵחָרוּץ נִבְחָֽר ׃

Proverbs 10:20כֶּסֶף נִבְחָר לְשׁוֹן צַדִּיק לֵב רְשָׁעִים כִּמְעָֽט ׃

Proverbs 15:23שִׂמְחָה לָאִישׁ בְּמַעֲנֵה ־ פִיו וְדָבָר בְּעִתּוֹ מַה ־ טּֽוֹב ׃

Proverbs 16:21לַחֲכַם ־ לֵב יִקָּרֵא נָבוֹן וּמֶתֶק שְׂפָתַיִם יֹסִיף לֶֽקַח ׃

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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