A moment in scripture
Proverbs 16:16
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How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
- Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
- Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
- Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.