Proverbs 23:23

New English Translation

²³Acquire^[a] truth and do not sell it—
wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

Proverbs 23:23 tn Heb “buy” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NLT); CEV “Invest in truth.”sn The sixteenth saying is an instruction to buy/acquire the kind of life that pleases God and brings joy to parents. “Getting truth” would mean getting training in the truth, and getting wisdom and understanding would mean developing the perception and practical knowledge of the truth.

Proverbs 23:23

American Standard Version

²³Buy the truth, and sell it not;
Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

New English Translation (NET)

American Standard Version (ASV)