Parallel Verses New International Version The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. New Living Translation To acquire wisdom is to love oneself; people who cherish understanding will prosper. English Standard Version Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. New American Standard Bible He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. King James Bible He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. Holman Christian Standard Bible The one who acquires good sense loves himself; one who safeguards understanding finds success. International Standard Version Whoever obtains wisdom loves himself, and whoever treasures understanding will prosper. NET Bible The one who acquires wisdom loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He that gets wisdom loves his soul; he that keeps the faith finds good. GOD'S WORD® Translation A person who gains sense loves himself. One who guards understanding finds something good. JPS Tanakh 1917 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul; He that keepeth understanding shall find good. New American Standard 1977 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. Jubilee Bible 2000 He that gets wisdom loves his own soul; he keeps intelligence that he might find that which is good. King James 2000 Bible He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good. American King James Version He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good. American Standard Version He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good. Douay-Rheims Bible But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence shall find good things. Darby Bible Translation He that getteth sense loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good. English Revised Version He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. Webster's Bible Translation He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. World English Bible He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good. Young's Literal Translation Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good. Commentary Matthew Henry Commentary19:3. Men run into troubles by their own folly, and then fret at the appointments of God. 4. Here we may see how strong is men's love of money. 5. Those that tell lies in discourse, are in a fair way to be guilty of bearing false-witness. 6. We are without excuse if we do not love God with all our hearts. His gifts to us are past number, and all the gifts of men to us are fruits of his bounty. 7. Christ was left by all his disciples; but the Father was with him. It encourages our faith that he had so large an experience of the sorrows of poverty. 8. Those only love their souls aright that get true wisdom. 9. Lying is a damning, destroying sin. 10. A man that has not wisdom and grace, has no right or title to true joy. It is very unseemly for one who is a servant to sin, to oppress God's free-men. Study Bible Better is the Poor Man with Integrity…7All the brothers of a poor man hate him; How much more do his friends abandon him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone. 8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. 9A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish.… Cross References Proverbs 16:20 He who gives attention to the word will find good, And blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. Proverbs 19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish. 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