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Proverbs 20:15

World English Bible

There is gold and abundance of rubies,
but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

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Proverbs 20:15 in other translations

There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Proverbs 20:15 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 20:15 in context

  1. 13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty.
    Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
  2. 14“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer;
    but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
  3. 15There is gold and abundance of rubies,
    but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
  4. 16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
    and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
  5. 17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man,
    but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.