Proverbs 23:23: "Buy the truth and sell it not, and instruction and understanding"
How empty it would be to get rich, to get to the top, to have all the “things” -yet - to have lost wives and children, mother and father, friends and family along the way. If you are fabulously rich and have lost all the other, are you really rich? What situation are you in? Are the others that are rich looking to steal from you? Who do you have to pay to protect you? Which is your friend and who just wants your money? Who will take care of you if you get sick if no one cares other than the ones you pay to do it?
Suppose you live in a small house, or a rented house, or a tent. Are you not rich if you have and appreciate wives and children, mother and father, friends and family? If you are “poor” and have these I say you are really rich. What situation are you in? If you are not rich in money and possessions others will look elsewhere to steal rather than stealing from you. The ones who love you and respect you will want to protect you. Your friend just wants you, not your money. The ones you take care of will take care of you if you get sick. They will take care for you even if you are not sick.
The only reason I could know that wisdom, understanding and instruction are better than riches is because God tells me so and that knowledge of itself is of immense value.
