Proverbs 16:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶It is much better to get wisdom than gold.
It is much better to choose understanding than silver.

¹⁷The path of honest people takes them away from evil.
Those who guard their ways guard their lives.

¹⁸If you are proud, you will be destroyed.
If you are proud, you will fall.

Proverbs 16:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶How much better to get wisdom than gold,
to get insight^(A) rather than silver!^(B)

¹⁷The highway of the upright avoids evil;
those who guard their ways preserve their lives.^(C)

¹⁸Pride^(D) goes before destruction,
a haughty spirit^(E) before a fall.^(F)

¹⁶^(A)How much better to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

¹⁷The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

¹⁸Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before ^[a]a fall.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

New International Version (NIV)