23Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.


In Context

20 Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:

21 Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together shall be consumed; and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.

22 Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.

23 Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

24 The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he that hath begotten a wise son, shall have joy in him.

25 Let thy father, and thy mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore thee.

Proverbs 23:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:23Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:23Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:23Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea , wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:23Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:23Buy the truth, and sell it not; yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:23Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:23Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.