Proverbs 8:19 {20}
Good News Translation
What you get from me is better than the finest gold, better than the purest silver.

New Revised Standard Version
My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.

Contemporary English Version
What you receive from me is more valuable than even the finest gold or the purest silver.

New American Bible
My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold, and my yield than choice silver.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,

Proverbs 8:10 For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.

Proverbs 3:14 She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared to her.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.

Context
The Excellence of Wisdom
18For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver. 19I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,20That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.…
Cross References
Job 28:15
The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

Job 28:19
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.

Proverbs 3:14
She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared to her.

Proverbs 8:10
For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.

Proverbs 8:20
That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.

Proverbs 10:20
The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.

Proverbs 16:16
Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Proverbs 8:18
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