KJV:
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
NASB:
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend;
KJV:
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
NASB:
"Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.
KJV:
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
NASB:
"Forsake your folly and live, And proceed in the way of understanding."
KJV:
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
NASB:
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
KJV:
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
NASB:
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
KJV:
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
NASB:
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it.
KJV:
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
NASB:
Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
KJV:
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
NASB:
Surely I am more stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man.
KJV:
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
NASB:
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
KJV:
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
NASB:
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them.