Wisdom 8:5
Print
If wealth is a possession to be desired with all one’s heart, what could be wealthier than Wisdom, who has given form to everything?
And if riches be desired in life, what is richer than wisdom, which maketh all things?
Is it good to have riches in this life? Nothing can make you richer than Wisdom, who makes everything function.
If riches are desirable in life, what is richer than Wisdom, who produces all things?
If riches are deemed a desirable possession in life, what offers greater wealth than Wisdom who fashions everything that exists?
If riches are a desirable possession in life, what is richer than wisdom, the active cause of all things?
If riches are a desirable possession in life, what is richer than wisdom, the active cause of all things?
If riches are a desirable possession in life, what is richer than wisdom, the active cause of all things?
If riches are a desirable possession in life, what is richer than wisdom, the active cause of all things?
If riches are a desirable possession in life, what is richer than wisdom who effects all things?
If riches are a desirable possession in life, what is richer than wisdom who effects all things?
And if riches be coveted [or be desired] in life, what is richer than wisdom, that worketh all things?
Common English Bible (CEB) Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible; Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA) Public Domain (Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted?); Good News Translation (GNT) Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition) © 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved. For more information about GNT, visit www.bibles.com and www.gnt.bible.; New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE) Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. ; New Catholic Bible (NCB) Copyright © 2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE) New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE) New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.; Revised Standard Version (RSV) Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE) The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; Wycliffe Bible (WYC) 2001 by Terence P. Noble