| Proverbs 23:23 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Buy truth (and do not sell it), that is, buy wisdom, discipline, and understanding.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
| ASV: | Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea , wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
| BBE: | Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense. |
| DBY: | Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence. |
| ERV: | Buy the truth, and sell it not; yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
| JPS: | Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
| WBS: | Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
| WEB: | Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. |
| YLT: | Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding, |
| Proverbs 23:23 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 4:7 "The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding.
Proverbs 18:15 The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Matthew 13:44 "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 23:23 Buy {k} the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
(k) Spare no cost for truths sake, neither depart from it for any gain. |
| WES: | 23:23 Buy - Purchase it upon any terms, spare no pains or cost. Truth - The true and saving knowledge of God's will. Sell it not - Do not forsake it for any worldly advantage. |
| MHC: | 23:19-28 The gracious Saviour who purchased pardon and peace for his people, with all the affection of a tender parent, counsels us to hear and be wise, and is ready to guide our hearts in his way. Here we have an earnest call to young people, to attend to the advice of their godly parents. If the heart be guided, the steps will be guided. Buy the truth, and sell it not; be willing to part with any thing for it. Do not part with it for pleasures, honours, riches, or any thing in this world. The heart is what the great God requires. We must not think to divide the heart between God and the world; he will have all or none. Look to the rule of God's word, the conduct of his providence, and the good examples of his people. Particular cautions are given against sins most destructive to wisdom and grace in the soul. It is really a shame to make a god of the belly. Drunkenness stupifies men, and then all goes to ruin. Licentiousness takes away the heart that should be given to God. Take heed of any approaches toward this sin, it is very hard to retreat from it. It bewitches men to their ruin. |
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