Proverbs 23:23

In 10 translations

BSB

Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

KJV

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

WEB

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

ASV

Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

LSV

Buy truth, and do not sell, || Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

YLT

Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

DBY

Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.

DRC

Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

GNV

Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.

JPS

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

אֱמֶ֣ת קְ֭נֵה וְאַל־תִּמְכֹּ֑ר חָכְמָ֖ה וּמוּסָ֣ר וּבִינָֽה׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 18:15The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
• Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
• Psalms 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
• Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
• Philippians 3:7–8But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I…
• Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
• Hebrews 11:26He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
• Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
• Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
• Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
• Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
• Matthew 13:46When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.
• Proverbs 4:5–7Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you. Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may…
• Job 28:12–19But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell? No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with…
• Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
• Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

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