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The Excellence of Wisdom

Proverbs 8:18

In 11 translations

BSB
With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
KJV
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
WEB
With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
ASV
Riches and honor are with me; Yea, durable wealth and righteousness.
LSV
Wealth and honor [are] with me, || Lasting substance and righteousness.
YLT
Wealth and honour [are] with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.
DBY
Riches and honour are with me; durable wealth and righteousness.
DRC
With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.
GNV
Riches and honour are with me: euen durable riches and righteousnesse.
JPS
Riches and honour are with me; yea, enduring riches and righteousness.
LXXE
Wealth and glory belong to me; yea, abundant possessions and righteousness.

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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
עֹֽשֶׁר־וְכָב֥וֹד אִתִּ֑י ה֥וֹן עָ֝תֵ֗ק וּצְדָקָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα ἐμοὶ ὑπάρχει, καὶ κτῆσις πολλῶν καὶ δικαιοσύνη.

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 3:16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
  • Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
  • Philippians 4:19And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
  • Luke 16:11–12So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches? And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?
  • Ephesians 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
  • Luke 10:42But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
  • 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.
  • Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
  • 1 Timothy 6:17–19Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be…
  • Matthew 6:19–20Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where…
  • Philippians 3:8–9More 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 consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him,…
  • Ecclesiastes 5:14–16or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on. As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in…
  • Proverbs 4:7–9Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding. Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you. She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will…
  • Psalms 112:3Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
  • Luke 12:20–21But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich…

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