Proverbs 16:16 Cross References - Geneva

¹⁶ Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

¹³ Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing. ¹⁴ The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me. ¹⁵ Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof. ¹⁶ It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir. ¹⁷ The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde. ¹⁸ No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles. ¹⁹ The Topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold. ²⁰ Whence then commeth wisedome? and where is the place of vnderstanding, ²¹ Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen? ²² Destruction and death say, We haue heard the fame thereof with our eares. ²³ But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. ²⁴ For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen, ²⁵ To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure. ²⁶ When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders, ²⁷ Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it. ²⁸ And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.

¹²⁷ Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.

¹⁵ It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her. ¹⁶ Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory. ¹⁷ Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie. ¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.

⁷ Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.

¹⁰ Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde. ¹¹ For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.

¹⁹ My fruite is better then golde, euen then fine golde, and my reuenues better then fine siluer.

¹² Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? for thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.

²⁶ For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?

²¹ So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.