Proverbs 16:16 Cross References - ECB

¹⁶ To chattelize wisdom; how much better than ore! and to chattelize discernment to be chosen above silver!

¹³ Man neither knows the appraisal; nor finds it in the land of the living. ¹⁴ The abyss says, Not in me! And the sea says, Not with me! ¹⁵ Neither is gold given for it nor silver weighed for the price: ¹⁶ nor balanced with the ore of Ophir - with the esteemed onyx, or the sapphire. ¹⁷ Neither are the gold and the crystal ranked with it nor exchanged for instruments of pure gold: ¹⁸ nor corals or pearls remembered; for the sowing of wisdom is above pearls. ¹⁹ Neither is the topaz of Kush ranked with it; nor balanced with ore. ²⁰ Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of discernment? ²¹ - seeing it is concealed from the eyes of all living - hidden from the flyers of the heavens. ²² Abaddon and death say, We hear the fame with our ears: ²³ Elohim discerns the way and he knows the place: ²⁴ for he looks to the ends of the earth and sees under the whole heavens ²⁵ - to work the weight for the winds - to gauge the waters by measure. ²⁶ He works a statute for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the voice; ²⁷ then he sees and scribes; he prepares, yes, and probes. ²⁸ And to humanity he says, Behold, to Adonay is wisdom; and to turn aside from evil, discernment.

¹²⁷ So I love your misvoth above gold - yes, above pure gold:

¹⁵ she is more esteemed than pearls and all your desires are not comparable to her: ¹⁶ length of days is in her right; and in her left, riches and honor: ¹⁷ her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are shalom: ¹⁸ she is a tree of life to them who uphold her; and blithesome to them who uphold her.

⁷ the firstfruits, wisdom; chattelize wisdom: and with all your chattelizing chattelize discernment.

¹⁰ Take my discipline and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice ore: ¹¹ better, wisdom than pearls; and all those desires not comparable.

¹⁹ better, my fruit than ore; yes, than pure gold; and my produce than choice silver.

¹² for wisdom is a shadow; silver is a shadow; and the advantage of knowledge, wisdom enlivens its masters!

²⁶ for what is a human benefited whenever he gains the whole cosmos and loses his own soul? Or what gives a human in exchange for his soul?

²¹ Thus is he who treasures for himself, and is not rich toward Elohim.