The first thing is wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, 'For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;'

but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first -- to get unto the land,

And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

and he having turned, said to Peter, 'Get thee behind me, adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.'

Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance -- herd and flock -- above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.