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 Exposition
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,.... The believer is a spiritual merchant; faith is a trading with and for Christ, and for spiritual and heavenly things by him; and…
Barnes' Notes
Compare Pro 2:4. “Fine gold” is apparently a technical word of that commerce, the native gold in the nugget or the dust.
Solomon had pressed us earnestly to seek diligently for wisdom (Pro 2:1, etc.), and had assured us that we should succeed in our sincere and constant pursuits. But the question is, What shall we get…
Cambridge Bible
the merchandise of it Comp. Mat 13:45-46, where this proverb is expanded into a parable. The same idea of trading in the moral and spiritual sphere occurs in Pro 11:19; Pro 23:23; Job 28:15-19.
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