Proverbs 8 : 1 (LXXEN)
Thou shalt proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to thee.
Proverbs 8 : 2 (LXXEN)
For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways.
Proverbs 8 : 3 (LXXEN)
For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, saying,
Proverbs 8 : 4 (LXXEN)
You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.
Proverbs 8 : 5 (LXXEN)
O ye *Regarding the usage of akakov and panourgov in Proverbs: It is frequently the case in Proverbs that akakov is used in a bad sense, and panourgov in a good one; For akakov, see Pr 1:4, 22; 8:5; 14:15; 21:11; For panourgov, see Pr 12:16; 13:1, 16; 14:8, 15, 18; 15:5; 21:11; 22:3; 27:12; 28:2 simple, understand subtlety, and ye that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.
Proverbs 8 : 6 (LXXEN)
Hearken to me; for I will speak solemn truths; and will produce right sayings from my lips.
Proverbs 8 : 7 (LXXEN)
For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.
Proverbs 8 : 8 (LXXEN)
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.
Proverbs 8 : 9 (LXXEN)
They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.
Proverbs 8 : 10 (LXXEN)
Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.
Proverbs 8 : 11 (LXXEN)
For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.
Proverbs 8 : 12 (LXXEN)
I wisdom have dwelt with counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.
Proverbs 8 : 13 (LXXEN)
The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
Proverbs 8 : 14 (LXXEN)
Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.
Proverbs 8 : 15 (LXXEN)
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Proverbs 8 : 16 (LXXEN)
By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.
Proverbs 8 : 17 (LXXEN)
I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find me.
Proverbs 8 : 18 (LXXEN)
Wealth and glory belong to me; yea, abundant possessions and righteousness.
Proverbs 8 : 19 (LXXEN)
It is better to have my fruit than to have gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.
Proverbs 8 : 20 (LXXEN)
I walk in ways of righteousness, and am conversant with the paths of judgement;
Proverbs 8 : 21 (LXXEN)
that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. (8:21AA) If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember also to recount the things of old.
Proverbs 8 : 22 (LXXEN)
The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.
Proverbs 8 : 23 (LXXEN)
He established me *Gr. before the age before time was in the beginning, before he made the earth:
Proverbs 8 : 24 (LXXEN)
even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:
Proverbs 8 : 25 (LXXEN)
before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.
Proverbs 8 : 26 (LXXEN)
The Lord made countries and uninhabited tracks, and the highest inhabited parts of the world.
Proverbs 8 : 27 (LXXEN)
When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he *Or, marked out prepared his throne upon the winds:
Proverbs 8 : 28 (LXXEN)
and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:
Proverbs 8 : 29 (LXXEN)
*Alex. When he set to the sea its bound, and the waters shall not pass his decree and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth: 2) Gr. mouth
Proverbs 8 : 30 (LXXEN)
I was by him, *Or, arranging all things suiting myself to him, I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.
Proverbs 8 : 31 (LXXEN)
For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.
Proverbs 8 : 32 (LXXEN)
Now then, my son, hear me: *Alex. And blessed are they that keep my ways. blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;
Proverbs 8 : 33 (LXXEN)
*Hear wisdom and be wise, and be not strangers to it. 1) More lit., do not separate yourselves from it
Proverbs 8 : 34 (LXXEN)
watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.
Proverbs 8 : 35 (LXXEN)
For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and in them is prepared favour from the Lord.
Proverbs 8 : 36 (LXXEN)
But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.
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