Proverbs 8:1WEB
Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
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Proverbs 8:1WEB
Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
Proverbs 8:2WEB
On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
Proverbs 8:3WEB
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
Proverbs 8:4WEB
“I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
Proverbs 8:5WEB
You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!
Proverbs 8:6WEB
Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
Proverbs 8:7WEB
For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Proverbs 8:8WEB
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
Proverbs 8:9WEB
They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
Proverbs 8:10WEB
Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.
Proverbs 8:11WEB
For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
Proverbs 8:12WEB
“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs 8:13WEB
The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Proverbs 8:14WEB
Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
Proverbs 8:15WEB
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Proverbs 8:16WEB
By me princes rule, nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
Proverbs 8:17WEB
I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
Proverbs 8:18WEB
With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
Proverbs 8:19WEB
My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
Proverbs 8:20WEB
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,
Proverbs 8:21WEB
that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
Proverbs 8:22WEB
“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Proverbs 8:23WEB
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
Proverbs 8:24WEB
When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.
Proverbs 8:25WEB
Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born;
Proverbs 8:26WEB
while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
Proverbs 8:27WEB
When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
Proverbs 8:28WEB
when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
Proverbs 8:29WEB
when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
Proverbs 8:30WEB
then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,
Proverbs 8:31WEB
rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
Proverbs 8:32WEB
“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:33WEB
Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.
Proverbs 8:34WEB
Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
Proverbs 8:35WEB
For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Proverbs 8:36WEB
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.