Proverbs 4:7 (BSB)

Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

From Proverbs 4. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 4:7

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 4:1-13: Here we have, I. The invitation which Solomon gives to his children to come and receive instruction from him (Pro 4:1, Pro 4:2): Hear, you children, the instruction of a father. That is, 1. "Let my own children, in the first place, receive and give good heed to those instructions which I set down for the use of others also." Note, Magistrates and ministers, who...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 4:7: Wisdom is the principal thing,.... Or principal, one; the principal of persons and things; the principal of persons, angels or men: Christ is superior to angels, having a more excellent name and nature than they; he is the God, the Creator, and head of them, and is above them in the human nature; he is superior to men, to the greatest of men, he is...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 4:7: (Compare Job 28:28). getting--or possession; a desire for wisdom is wise.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 4:7: Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. (c) He shows that we must first begin with God's word, if we will that other things prosper with us, contrary to the judgment of the world, which make it their last study, or else care not for it at all.