Proverbs 20:15
World English Bible (WEB)
There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
In context
13 Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14 “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:15 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
- KJV King James Version
- There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
- ASV American Standard Version
- There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.
- DBY Darby Translation
- There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.
- WBS Webster Bible
- There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.