Proverbs 20:15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Updated King James Version
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 nil, it is nil, says the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
16Take his garment that is guarantor for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Cross References
Job 28:18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared unto her.
Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Proverbs 10:20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Proverbs 15:23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.
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 →