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


In Context

20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,

21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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

24 The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.

25 May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice!

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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