Proverbs 16:16 (BSB)

How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

From Proverbs 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:16

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 16:16: Solomon here not only asserts that it is better to get wisdom than gold (Pro 3:14, Pro 8:19), but he speaks it with assurance, that it is much better, better beyond expression - with admiration (How much better!) as one amazed at the disproportion - with an appeal to men's consciences ("Judge in yourselves how much better it is") - and with an addition to...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 16:16: How much better is it to get wisdom than gold?.... To obtain and possess Christ, the fountain of wisdom, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, which treasures are infinitely preferable to thousands of gold and silver; to gain the knowledge of him, and of God in him, with which eternal life is connected, and in comparison of which all things...
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 16:16: Pro 16:16 Five proverbs regarding wisdom, righteousness, humility, and trust in God, forming, as it were, a succession of steps, for humility is the virtue of virtues, and trust in God the condition of all salvation. Three of these proverbs have the word טוב in common. 16 To gain wisdom, how much better is it than gold; And to attain understanding to be preferred to silver.