¹¹ For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.

¹⁵ It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

¹⁶ It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire{or, lapis lazuli}.

¹⁷ Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

¹⁸ No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

¹⁰ More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

¹⁴ For her good profit is better than getting silver, And her return is better than fine gold.

¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

¹⁶ How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, Yes, more than pure gold.

⁵ Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

⁶ Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

⁷ Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

¹⁵ There is gold and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

²⁶ For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

⁸ Yes most assuredly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

⁹ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;