“For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.” Prov. 8 : 11. Read Prov. 8:1-11

Not diamonds, but rubies are the most valuable of precious stones — large rubies; more costly and rare than large diamonds. That is why wisdom is compared to rubies. Wisdom is the condensation of value; the most desirable of all desirable things.

Wisdom brings power, therefore wisdom is greater than power. Wisdom is the highest learning, so learning is less than wisdom. Wisdom’s loveliness but increases with the years; beauty fades with the years. Even love is less than wisdom, for unwise love is hardly love at all. And so the search for wisdom is the supreme search of all ages and climbs. All efforts for else are trivial in comparison to being wise. “With all thy getting, get wisdom.”



(This article originally appeared in The Brethren Evangelist in 1940).