¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; My yield than choice silver.

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

¹⁰ Receive my instruction rather than silver; Knowledge rather than choice gold.

²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

¹² For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.