Proverbs 16:16 Cross References - Matthew

¹⁶ To haue wysdome in possesstion is better then gold, & to get vnderstanding is more worth then siluer.

¹³ Verely no man can tell howe worthy a thynge she is, neither is she found in the land of the liuinge. ¹⁴ The depe sayeth: she is not in me. The sea sayeth: she is not with me. ¹⁵ She can not be gotten for the most fine gould, neither may the pryce of her be bought with any money. ¹⁶ No wedges of goulde of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her. ¹⁷ No, neyther goulde, nor Christal, neyther swete odoures, nor golden plate. ¹⁸ There is nothinge so worthy, or so excellent, as ones to be named vnto her: for perfecte wisedome goeth farre beyonde them al. ¹⁹ The Topas that commeth out of Iude, may in no wise be lykened vnto her: yea no maner of apparel howe pleasaunt and fayre soeuer it be. ²⁰ From whence then commeth wysedome? & where is the place of vnderstandinge? ²¹ She is hyd from the eyes of all men, yea & from the foules of the ayre. ²² Destruccyon and death say: we haue hearde tell of her with oure eares. ²³ But God seyth her waie, and knoweth her place. ²⁴ For he beholdeth the endes of the world & loketh vpon al that is vnder heauen. ²⁵ When he weyed the windes, & measured the waters ²⁶ when he set the rayne in ordre, and gaue the mighty floudes a lawe? ²⁷ Then dyd he se her, then declared he her, prepared her, and knew her. ²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the Lorde, is wisedom, and to forsake euil, is vnderstandinge.

¹²⁷ For I loue thy commaundementes aboue golde and precious stone.

¹⁵ Wysdome is more worth then precyous stones, and all thinges that thou canste desyre, are not to be compared vnto her. ¹⁶ Vpon her righte hande is longe lyfe, and vppon her lefte hande is ryches and honour. ¹⁷ Her wayes are pleasaunte wayes, and al her pathes are peaceable. ¹⁸ She is a tree of lyfe to them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed are they that kepe her fast.

⁷ The chyefe poynte of wisdom is, that thou be willing to optayne wysdome, and before all thy goodes to gett the vnderstandynge.

¹⁰ Receiue my doctrine therfore, & not siluer: & my knowledge, more then fyne golde. ¹¹ For wysdome is more worth then precious stones, yea, all the thinges that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto it.

¹⁹ My frute is better then golde & precious stone, & myne encrease more worth then fyne siluer.

¹² For wysdome defendeth as well as money, and the excellent knowledge and wysdome geueth life vnto him that hath it in possession.

²⁶ What shall it proffet a man though he shoulde wynne al the whole world if he loose hys awne soule? Or els what shall a man geue to redeme his soule agayne withall?

²¹ So is it with hym that gathereth ryches, and is not ryche in God.