Wisdom is supreme – so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.

So the guardian said to Boaz, “You may acquire it,” and he removed his sandal.

The one who acquires wisdom loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

Acquire truth and do not sell it – wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet.

I saw a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall as 10½ feet, and its height as 10½ feet.

He blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.

Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep.

The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow

If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim by its clans.

Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle.