How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Wisdom is worth more than gold, and understanding more than silver.
KJV13Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. 14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. 15In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. 16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! 17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. 18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. 19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Short sayings of practical wisdom for everyday life, many attributed to Solomon.
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
Offered anything, young King Solomon asked for an understanding heart to tell good from bad.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Whatever else you pursue, pursue wisdom and understanding first.
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Pride ends in shame; wisdom lives with the humble.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
A prayer for any milestone, a birthday or a new year: teach us to count our days, so that we grow wise.