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8:1 Does not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?
8:2 On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she stands; 8:3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she cries aloud: 8:4 To you+, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of man. 8:5 O you+ simple, understand prudence; And, you+ fools, be of an understanding heart. 8:6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips will be right things. 8:7 For my mouth will utter truth; And wickedness is disgusting to my lips. 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them. 8:9 They are all plain to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge. 8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. 8:12 I, wisdom, stay with prudence, And find out knowledge [and] discretion. 8:13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, I hate. 8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might. 8:15 By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. 8:16 By me princes rule, And nobles, [even] all those who govern righteously. 8:17 I love those who love me; And those who seek me diligently will find me. 8:18 Riches and honor are with me; [Yes,] durable wealth and righteousness. 8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver. 8:20 I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; 8:21 That I may cause those who love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries. 8:22 Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. 8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. 8:25 Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was brought forth; 8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. 8:27 When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle on the face of the deep, 8:28 When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, 8:29 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; 8:30 Then I was by him, [as] a master craftsman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him, 8:31 Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of man. 8:32 Now therefore, [my] sons, listen to me; For blessed are those who keep my ways. 8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, And don't refuse it. 8:34 Blessed is [the] man who hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. 8:35 For whoever finds me finds life, And will obtain favor of Yahweh. 8:36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul: All those who hate me love death. |
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