Proverbs 8
The Excellence of Wisdom - Wisdom’s Call
1- Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
2- At the highest point along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3- beside the gate leading into the city, at the entrance, she cries aloud:
4- To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.
5- You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.
6- Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.
7- My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.
8- All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.
9- To the discerning all of them are right; they are upright to those who have found knowledge.
10- Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,
11- for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
12- “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion.
13- To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
14- Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight, I have power.
15- By me kings reign and rulers issue decrees that are just;
16- by me princes govern, and nobles, all who rule on earth.
17- I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
18- With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.
19- My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.
20- I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
21- bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
22- “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old;
23- I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
24- When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water;
25- before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,
26- before he made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth.
27- I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28- when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29- when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
30- Then I was constantly at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,
31- rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.
32- “Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
33- Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it.
34- Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.
35- For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.
36- But those who fail to find me harm themselves; all who hate me love death.”
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