Proverbs 3:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

Proverbs 3:15 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Psalms 73:25-26
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. …
Romans 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Proverbs 20:15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 13-20)

Solomon had pressed us earnestly to seek diligently for wisdom (Prov. 2:1), and had assured us that we should succeed in our sincere and constant pursuits. But the question is, What shall we get by it when we have found it? Prospect of advantage is the spring and spur of industry; he therefore shows us how much it will be to our profit, laying this down for an unquestionable truth, Happy is the ma…

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

(vv. 15)

14-15. The figure of Pr 3:13 carried out. it--that is, wisdom. merchandise of silver--acquisition by trading. fine gold--dug gold, solid as a nugget.