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width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/proverbs/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">The Appeal of Wisdom</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Does not wisdom call out?</p><p class="poetry2">Does not understanding raise her voice?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>At the top of the elevated places along the way,</p><p class="poetry2">at the intersection of the paths she takes her stand;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>beside the gates opening into the city,</p><p class="poetry2">at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“To you, O people, I call out,</p><p class="poetry2">and my voice calls to all mankind.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You who are naive, discern wisdom!</p><p class="poetry2">And you fools, understand discernment!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Listen, for I will speak excellent things,</p><p class="poetry2">and my lips will utter what is right.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For my mouth speaks truth,</p><p class="poetry2">and my lips hate wickedness.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All the words of my mouth are righteous;</p><p class="poetry2">there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>All of them are clear to the discerning</p><p class="poetry2">and upright to those who find knowledge.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Receive my instruction rather than silver,</p><p class="poetry2">and knowledge rather than choice gold.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For wisdom is better than rubies,</p><p class="poetry2">and desirable things cannot be compared to her.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“I, wisdom, live with prudence,</p><p class="poetry2">and I find knowledge and discretion.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The fear of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> is to hate evil;</p><p class="poetry2">I hate arrogant pride and the evil way</p><p class="poetry2">and perverse utterances.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me;</p><p class="poetry2">I possess understanding and might.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Kings reign by means of me,</p><p class="poetry2">and potentates decree righteousness;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>by me princes rule,</p><p class="poetry2">as well as nobles and all righteous judges.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I love those who love me,</p><p class="poetry2">and those who seek me find me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Riches and honor are with me,</p><p class="poetry2">long-lasting wealth and righteousness.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My fruit is better than the purest gold,</p><p class="poetry2">and what I produce is better than choice silver.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I walk in the path of righteousness,</p><p class="poetry2">in the pathway of justice,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,</p><p class="poetry2">and that I may fill their treasuries.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> created me as the beginning of his works,</p><p class="poetry2">before his deeds of long ago.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>From eternity I was appointed,</p><p class="poetry2">from the beginning, from before the world existed.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When there were no deep oceans I was born,</p><p class="poetry2">when there were no springs overflowing with water;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>before the mountains were set in place –</p><p class="poetry2">before the hills – I was born,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>before he made the earth and its fields,</p><p class="poetry2">or the beginning of the dust of the world.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When he established the heavens, I was there;</p><p class="poetry2">when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>when he established the clouds above,</p><p class="poetry2">when the fountains of the deep grew strong,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>when he gave the sea his decree</p><p class="poetry2">that the waters should not pass over his command,</p><p class="poetry2">when he marked out the foundations of the earth,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>then I was beside him as a master craftsman,</p><p class="poetry2">and I was his delight day by day,</p><p class="poetry2">rejoicing before him at all times,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth,</p><p class="poetry2">and delighting in its people.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“So now, children, listen to me;</p><p class="poetry2">blessed are those who keep my ways.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise,</p><p class="poetry2">and do not neglect it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Blessed is the one who listens to me,</p><p class="poetry2">watching at my doors day by day,</p><p class="poetry2">waiting beside my doorway.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For the one who finds me finds life</p><p class="poetry2">and receives favor from the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself;</p><p class="poetry2">all who hate me love death.”</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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