The Proverbs (WEB)

8:1 Doesn't wisdom cry out?
      Doesn't understanding raise her voice?

 ^8:2On the top of high places by the way,
      Where the paths meet, she stands.

 ^8:3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city,
      At the entry doors, she cries aloud:

 ^8:4"To you men, I call!
      I send my voice to the sons of mankind.

 ^8:5You simple, understand prudence.
      You fools, be of an understanding heart.

 ^8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things.
      The opening of my lips is for right things.

 ^8:7For my mouth speaks truth.
      Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

 ^8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness.
      There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

 ^8:9They are all plain to him who understands,
      Right to those who find knowledge.

 ^8:10Receive my instruction rather than silver;
      Knowledge rather than choice gold.

 ^8:11For wisdom is better than rubies.
      All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.

  ^8:12"I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling.
      Find out knowledge and discretion.

 ^8:13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil.
      I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

 ^8:14Counsel and sound knowledge are mine.
      I have understanding and power.

 ^8:15By me kings reign,
      And princes decree justice.

 ^8:16By me princes rule;
      Nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.

 ^8:17I love those who love me.
      Those who seek me diligently will find me.

 ^8:18With me are riches, honor,
      Enduring wealth, and prosperity.

 ^8:19My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold;
      My yield than choice silver.

 ^8:20I walk in the way of righteousness,
      In the midst of the paths of justice;

 ^8:21That I may give wealth to those who love me.
      I fill their treasuries.

  ^8:22"Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work,
      Before his deeds of old.

 ^8:23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
      Before the earth existed.

 ^8:24When there were no depths, I was brought forth,
      When there were no springs abounding with water.

 ^8:25Before the mountains were settled in place,
      Before the hills, I was brought forth;

 ^8:26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,
      Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

 ^8:27When he established the heavens, I was there;
      When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

 ^8:28When he established the clouds above,
      When the springs of the deep became strong,

 ^8:29When he gave to the sea its boundary,
      That the waters should not violate his commandment,
      When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

 ^8:30Then I was the craftsman by his side.
      I was a delight day by day,
      Always rejoicing before him,

 ^8:31Rejoicing in his whole world.
      My delight was with the sons of men.

  ^8:32"Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,
      For blessed are those who keep my ways.

 ^8:33Hear instruction, and be wise,
      Don't refuse it.

 ^8:34Blessed is the man who hears me,
      Watching daily at my gates,
      Waiting at my door posts.

 ^8:35For whoever finds me, finds life,
      And will obtain favor from Yahweh.

 ^8:36But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul.
      All those who hate me love death."

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