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


In Context

20 Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

22 Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

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

24 The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

25 Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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