Proverbs 8
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| Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? |
| On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; |
| Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: |
| Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men. |
| O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. |
| Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things. |
| For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. |
| All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them. |
| They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. |
| Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. |
| For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it. |
| I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion. |
| The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate. |
| Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might. |
| By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. |
| By me princes rule, And nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth. |
| I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me. |
| Riches and honor are with me; [Yea], durable wealth and righteousness. |
| My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver. |
| I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; |
| That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries. |
| Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. |
| I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. |
| When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. |
| Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; |
| While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. |
| When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep, |
| When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, |
| When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth; |
| Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him, |
| Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men. |
| Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways. |
| Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not. |
| Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. |
| For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah. |
| But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death. |
