Proverbs 23:23

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Summary

Proverbs 23:23

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

Buy

General references

Proverbs 8:10

Proverbs 18:15

Philippians 3:7

Bible References

Buy

Make your ear attentive to wisdom,

Incline your heart to understanding;

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!

Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son makes a father glad,

But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no sense?

“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have no money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk

Without money and without cost.

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

General references

“Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

The

mind of the prudent acquires knowledge,

And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.