Proverbs 3:14 (BSB)

for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.

From Proverbs 3. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 3:14

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 3:13-20: Solomon had pressed us earnestly to seek diligently for wisdom (Pro 2:1, etc.), 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?
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 3:14: For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,.... The believer is a spiritual merchant; faith is a trading with and for Christ, and for spiritual and heavenly things by him; and because there is a parting with something for Christ, as a man's sinful lusts and pleasures, his own righteousness, his friends and relations, when set in opposition to or competition...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 3:14: The figure of Pro 3:13 carried out. it--that is, wisdom. merchandise of silver--acquisition by trading. fine gold--dug gold, solid as a nugget.
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 3:13-14: Pro 3:13-14 Such submission to God, the All-wise, the All-directing, who loves us with fatherly affection, is wisdom, and such wisdom is above all treasures. 13 Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, And the man who has gained understanding; 14 For better is her acquisition than the acquisition of silver, And her gain than fine gold.