¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

¹⁴ For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

¹⁰ Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

²⁰ The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

¹² Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.