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Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.
Proverbs 8:11 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 8:11 in other translations
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
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In context
8 All my words are just, there is nothing wicked, nor perverse in them.
9 They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
11 For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.
12 I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.
13 The fear of the Lord hateth evil; I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
14 Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.
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