Pro 8:1 Listen! Wisdom is calling out. Reason is making herself heard.
Pro 8:2 On the hilltops near the road and at the crossroads she stands.
Pro 8:3 At the entrance to the city, beside the gates, she calls:
Pro 8:4 "I appeal to all of you; I call to everyone on earth.
Pro 8:5 Are you immature? Learn to be mature. Are you foolish? Learn to have sense.
Pro 8:6 Listen to my excellent words; all I tell you is right.
Pro 8:7 What I say is the truth; lies are hateful to me.
Pro 8:8 Everything I say is true; nothing is false or misleading.
Pro 8:9 To those with insight, it is all clear; to the well-informed, it is all plain.
Pro 8:10 Choose my instruction instead of silver; choose knowledge rather than the finest gold.
Pro 8:11 "I am Wisdom, I am better than jewels; nothing you want can compare with me.
Pro 8:12 I am Wisdom, and I have insight; I have knowledge and sound judgment.
Pro 8:13 To honor the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and false words.
Pro 8:14 I make plans and carry them out. I have understanding, and I am strong.
Pro 8:15 I help kings to govern and rulers to make good laws.
Pro 8:16 Every ruler on earth governs with my help, officials and nobles alike.
Pro 8:17 I love those who love me; whoever looks for me can find me.
Pro 8:18 I have riches and honor to give, prosperity and success.
Pro 8:19 What you get from me is better than the finest gold, better than the purest silver.
Pro 8:20 I walk the way of righteousness; I follow the paths of justice,
Pro 8:21 giving wealth to those who love me, filling their houses with treasures.
Pro 8:22 "The LORD created me first of all, the first of his works, long ago.
Pro 8:23 I was made in the very beginning, at the first, before the world began.
Pro 8:24 I was born before the oceans, when there were no springs of water.
Pro 8:25 I was born before the mountains, before the hills were set in place,
Pro 8:26 before God made the earth and its fields or even the first handful of soil.
Pro 8:27 I was there when he set the sky in place, when he stretched the horizon across the ocean,
Pro 8:28 when he placed the clouds in the sky, when he opened the springs of the ocean
Pro 8:29 and ordered the waters of the sea to rise no further than he said. I was there when he laid the earth's foundations.
Pro 8:30 I was beside him like an architect, I was his daily source of joy, always happy in his presence---
Pro 8:31 happy with the world and pleased with the human race.
Pro 8:32 "Now, young people, listen to me. Do as I say, and you will be happy.
Pro 8:33 Listen to what you are taught. Be wise; do not neglect it.
Pro 8:34 Those who listen to me will be happy--- those who stay at my door every day, waiting at the entrance to my home.
Pro 8:35 Those who find me find life, and the LORD will be pleased with them.
Pro 8:36 Those who do not find me hurt themselves; anyone who hates me loves death."
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