Proverbs 20:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Proverbs 20:15 —

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Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15)

The lips of knowledge (a good understanding to guide the lips and a good elocution to diffuse the knowledge) are to be preferred far before gold, and pearl, and rubies; for, 1. They are more rare in themselves, more scarce and hard to be got. There is gold in many a man’s pocket that has no grace in his heart. In Solomon’s time there was plenty of gold (1 Kgs. 10:21) and abundance of rubies; every…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15. The contrast denotes the greater value of knowledge (compare Pr 3:14-16).