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Proverbs 8

Prov. 8:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Receive
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
k my instruction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
, and not silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
; and knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
rather than choice
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
gold
charuwts (Hebrew #2742)
passive participle of 2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
KJV usage: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
Pronounce: khaw-roots'
Origin: or charuts {khaw-roots'}
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Prov. 23:23• 23Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence. (Prov. 23:23)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 2:4‑5• 4if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
 5then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God. (Prov. 2:4‑5)
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Prov. 3:13‑14• 13Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
 14For the gain thereof is better than the gain of silver, and her revenue than fine gold. (Prov. 3:13‑14)
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Prov. 10:20• 20The tongue of the righteous man is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth. (Prov. 10:20)
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Prov. 16:16• 16How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver! (Prov. 16:16)
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Prov. 23:23• 23Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence. (Prov. 23:23)
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Psa. 119:72,127,162• 72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
 127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
 162I have joy in thy *word, as one that findeth great spoil. (Psa. 119:72,127,162)
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Eccl. 7:11• 11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun. (Eccl. 7:11)
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Acts 3:6• 6But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have, this give I to thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean rise up and walk. (Acts 3:6)
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2 Cor. 6:10• 10as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things. (2 Cor. 6:10)
• The best writings of the best men are not to be compared with it, for here we turn from all the reasonings of man’s heart to the very breathings of God. In the 28th chapter of Job we have the account of the patriarch’s search for wisdom. (“Proverbs Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold: