Wisdom is supreme ¹  – so ²  acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, ³  acquire understanding! ⁴ 

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak. ¹ 

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. ¹ 

The one who acquires wisdom ¹  loves himself; ²  the one who preserves understanding will prosper. ³ 

Acquire ¹  truth and do not sell it – wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

Like a bird that wanders ¹  from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home. ² 

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

I saw ¹  a wall all around the outside of the temple. ²  In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet ³  long. He measured the thickness of the wall ⁴  as 10½ feet, ⁵  and its height as 10½ feet.

He blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by ¹  the Most High God, Creator ²  of heaven and earth. ³ 

This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. ¹  There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

How much better it is to acquire ¹  wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable ²  than silver.

The canals ¹  will stink; ²  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; ¹  he will faithfully make just decrees. ² 

Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep. ¹ 

The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. ¹  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 ¹  to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow ² 

If you make a sale ¹  to your fellow citizen ²  or buy ³  from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother. ⁴ 

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 ¹  by its clans.

Sound your battle cry ¹  against the wild beast of the reeds, ²  and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! ³  They humble themselves ⁴  and offer gold and silver as tribute. ⁵  God ⁶  scatters ⁷  the nations that like to do battle.