Proverbs 8:1
Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?
Proverbs 8:2
At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,
Proverbs 8:3
At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,
Proverbs 8:4
`Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice is unto the sons of men.
Proverbs 8:5
Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,
Proverbs 8:6
Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips is uprightness.
Proverbs 8:7
For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips is wickedness.
Proverbs 8:8
In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.
Proverbs 8:9
All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.
Proverbs 8:10
Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
Proverbs 8:11
For better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.
Proverbs 8:12
I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.
Proverbs 8:14
Mine is counsel and substance, I am understanding, I have might.
Proverbs 8:15
By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,
Proverbs 8:16
By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.
Proverbs 8:17
I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
Proverbs 8:18
Wealth and honour are with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.
Proverbs 8:19
Better is my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.
Proverbs 8:20
In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,
Proverbs 8:21
To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.
Proverbs 8:22
Jehovah possessed me--the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
Proverbs 8:23
From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.
Proverbs 8:24
In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy with waters,
Proverbs 8:25
Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.
Proverbs 8:26
While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.
Proverbs 8:27
In His preparing the heavens I am there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
Proverbs 8:28
In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,
Proverbs 8:29
In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,
Proverbs 8:30
Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight--day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,
Proverbs 8:31
Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights are with the sons of men.
Proverbs 8:32
And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:33
Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.
Proverbs 8:34
O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.
Proverbs 8:35
For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
Proverbs 8:36
And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!