Proverbs 8 : 1 (HCSB)
Doesn't Wisdom call out? Doesn't Understanding make her voice heard?
Proverbs 8 : 2 (HCSB)
At the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
Proverbs 8 : 3 (HCSB)
Beside the gates at the entry to the city, at the main entrance, she cries out:
Proverbs 8 : 4 (HCSB)
"People, I call out to you; my cry is to mankind.
Proverbs 8 : 5 (HCSB)
Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.
Proverbs 8 : 6 (HCSB)
Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right.
Proverbs 8 : 7 (HCSB)
For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
Proverbs 8 : 8 (HCSB)
All the words of my mouth are righteous; none of them are deceptive or perverse.
Proverbs 8 : 9 (HCSB)
All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge.
Proverbs 8 : 10 (HCSB)
Accept my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Proverbs 8 : 11 (HCSB)
For wisdom is better than precious stones, and nothing desirable can compare with it.
Proverbs 8 : 12 (HCSB)
I, Wisdom, share a home with shrewdness and have knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs 8 : 13 (HCSB)
To fear the LORD is to hate evil. I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
Proverbs 8 : 14 (HCSB)
I possess good advice and competence; I have understanding and strength.
Proverbs 8 : 15 (HCSB)
It is by me that kings reign and rulers enact just law;
Proverbs 8 : 16 (HCSB)
by me, princes lead, as do nobles *and all righteous judges.
Proverbs 8 : 17 (HCSB)
I love those who love me, and those who search for me find me.
Proverbs 8 : 18 (HCSB)
With me are riches and honor, lasting wealth and righteousness.
Proverbs 8 : 19 (HCSB)
My fruit is better than solid gold, and my harvest than pure silver.
Proverbs 8 : 20 (HCSB)
I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
Proverbs 8 : 21 (HCSB)
giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.
Proverbs 8 : 22 (HCSB)
The LORD made me at the beginning of His creation, before His works of long ago.
Proverbs 8 : 23 (HCSB)
I was formed before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began.
Proverbs 8 : 24 (HCSB)
I was brought forth when there were no watery depths and no springs filled with water.
Proverbs 8 : 25 (HCSB)
I was brought forth before the mountains and hills were established,
Proverbs 8 : 26 (HCSB)
before He made the land, the fields, or the first soil on earth.
Proverbs 8 : 27 (HCSB)
I was there when He established the heavens, when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,
Proverbs 8 : 28 (HCSB)
when He placed the skies above, when the fountains of the ocean gushed forth,
Proverbs 8 : 29 (HCSB)
when He set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate His command, when He laid out the foundations of the earth.
Proverbs 8 : 30 (HCSB)
I was a skilled craftsman beside Him. I was His delight every day, always rejoicing before Him.
Proverbs 8 : 31 (HCSB)
I was rejoicing in His inhabited world, delighting in the human race.
Proverbs 8 : 32 (HCSB)
And now, *my sons, listen to me; those who keep my ways are happy.
Proverbs 8 : 33 (HCSB)
Listen to instruction and be wise; don't ignore it.
Proverbs 8 : 34 (HCSB)
Anyone who listens to me is happy, watching at my doors every day, waiting by the posts of my doorway.
Proverbs 8 : 35 (HCSB)
For the one who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD,
Proverbs 8 : 36 (HCSB)
but the one who sins against me harms himself; all who hate me love death."
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