Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.
New American Standard Bible
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
King James Version
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Holman Bible
wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
International Standard Version
Purchase truth, but don't sell it; store up wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
American Standard Version
Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea , wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Amplified
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Bible in Basic English
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
Darby Translation
Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
Julia Smith Translation
Buy the truth, and thou shalt not sell wisdom and instruction and understanding.
King James 2000
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Buy truth and do not sell [it], wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Modern King James verseion
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Labour for to get the truth, sell not away wisdom, nurture and understanding;
NET Bible
Acquire truth and do not sell it -- wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.
New Heart English Bible
Buy the truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
Webster
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
World English Bible
Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
Youngs Literal Translation
Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,
Themes
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » The pursuit of encouraged
Knowledge » Danger of » Pursuit of
Spiritual » Traffic » Exhortations to men to engage in
Truth » Of Christ found in one gospel only, (chapter specified) » Preciousness of
Truth » Saints should » Esteem, as inestimable
Truth » Esteem, as inestimable
Topics
Interlinear
Qanah
Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
22 Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother. 23 Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding. 24 Greatly shall exult, the father of a righteous man, and, he that begetteth a wise son, shall rejoice in him:
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of the heavens is like unto, a treasure hid in the field, which a man, finding, hid, - and, by reason of his joy, withdraweth and selleth whatsoever he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew 13:46
and, finding one very precious pearl, departing, he at once sold all things, whatsoever he had, and bought it.
Job 28:12-19
Yet where can, Wisdom, be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Psalm 119:72
Better to me, is the law of thy mouth, than thousands of gold and silver.
Psalm 119:127
For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!
Proverbs 2:2-4
So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
Proverbs 4:5-7
Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, Do not forget, neither decline thou from the sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 10:1
The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son, maketh a glad father, but, a foolish son, is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 16:16
To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice than silver!
Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a dullard? that he who is without sense, may acquire wisdom.
Proverbs 18:15
the heart of the intelligent, acquireth knowledge, yea, the ear of the wise, seeketh knowledge.
Isaiah 55:1
Ho! every one that thirsteth! Come ye to the waters, Yea he that hath no money, - Come ye - buy corn, and eat, Yea come - buy corn without money, And without price, wine and milk,
Matthew 16:26
For what shall a man be profited, though, the whole world, he gain, and, his life, he forfeit? Or what shall a man give, in exchange for his life?
Acts 20:23
save that, the Holy Spirit, from city to city, doth bear me full witness, saying that, bonds and tribulations, await me.
Philippians 3:7-8
But, whatever things, unto me, were gain, the same, have I accounted, for the Christ's sake, loss;
Hebrews 11:26
Accounting - as greater riches than Egypt's treasures, the reproach of the Anointed One; for he was looking away unto the recompense.
Revelation 3:18
I counsel thee to buy of me, gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich, - and white raiment, that thou mayest array thyself, and, the shame of thy nakedness, may not be made manifest, - and eye-salve, to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
Revelation 12:11
And, they, overcame him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of their witnessing word, and they loved not their life, even unto death.