<p class="poetry">Wisdom is supreme<n id="1" /> &#8211; so<n id="2" /> acquire wisdom,p> <p class="poetry">and whatever you acquire,<n id="3" /> acquire understanding!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding;p> <p class="poetry">do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">How much better it is to acquire<n id="1" /> wisdom than gold;p> <p class="poetry">to acquire understanding is more desirable<n id="2" /> than silver.p>

Then Boaz said, &#8220;When<n id="1" /> you acquire the field<n id="2" /> from Naomi,<n id="3" /> you must also<n id="4" /> acquire Ruth the Moabite,<n id="5" /> the wife of our deceased relative,<n id="6" /> in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property.&#8221;<n id="7" />

So the guardian said to Boaz, &#8220;You may acquire it,&#8221; and he removed his sandal.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">He brought them to the border of his holy land,p> <p class="poetry">to this mountainous land<n id="1" /> which his right hand<n id="2" /> acquired.p>

<p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="1" /> you made my mind and heart;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you wove me together<n id="3" /> in my mother&#8217;s womb.p>

<p class="poetry">(Let the wise also<n id="1" /> hear<n id="2" /> and gain<n id="3" /> instruction,p> <p class="poetry">and let the discerning<n id="4" /> acquire<n id="5" /> guidance!<n id="6" />)p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> created<n id="1" /> me as the beginning<n id="2" /> of his works,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">before his deeds of long ago.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who refuses correction despises himself,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever hears<n id="2" /> reproof acquires understanding.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The discerning person<n id="1" /> acquires knowledge,p> <p class="poetry">and the wise person<n id="2" /> seeks<n id="3" /> knowledge.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who acquires wisdom<n id="1" /> loves himself;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the one who preserves understanding will prosper.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;It&#8217;s worthless! It&#8217;s worthless!&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the buyer,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but when he goes on his way, he boasts.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Acquire<n id="1" /> truth and do not sell it &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.p>

So I bought the shorts as the <sc>Lordsc> had told me to do<n id="1" /> and put them on.<n id="2" />

But the king said to Araunah, &#8220;No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the <sc>Lordsc> my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.<n id="1" />

He blessed Abram, saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Blessed be Abram by<n id="1" /> the Most High God,p> <p class="poetry">Creator<n id="2" /> of heaven and earth.<n id="3" />p>

This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth.<n id="1" /> There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;If you buy<n id="2" /> a Hebrew servant,<n id="3" /> he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he will go out free<n id="4" /> without paying anything.<n id="5" />

You may buy it from your fellow citizen according to the number of years since<n id="1" /> the last jubilee; he may sell it to you according to the years of produce that are left.<n id="2" />