Proverbs 3:14
“For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,.... The believer is a spiritual merchant; faith is a…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Compare Pro 2:4. “Fine gold” is apparently a technical word of that commerce, the native gold in the nugget or the dust.
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 3:13-20
Solomon had pressed us earnestly to seek diligently for wisdom (Pro 2:1, etc.), and had assured us that we should…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the merchandise of it Comp. Mat 13:45-46, where this proverb is expanded into a parable. The same idea of trading in the…
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