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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Proverbs 8 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Proverbs 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/7.htm" title="Proverbs 7">◄</a> Proverbs 8 <a href="../proverbs/9.htm" title="Proverbs 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/proverbs/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Wisdom Calls for a Hearing</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Listen as Wisdom calls out!</p><p class="line2">Hear as understanding raises her voice!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>On the hilltop along the road,</p><p class="line2">she takes her stand at the crossroads.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>By the gates at the entrance to the town,</p><p class="line2">on the road leading in, she cries aloud,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“I call to you, to all of you!</p><p class="line2">I raise my voice to all people.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You simple people, use good judgment.</p><p class="line2">You foolish people, show some understanding.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Listen to me! For I have important things to tell you.</p><p class="line2">Everything I say is right,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>for I speak the truth</p><p class="line2">and detest every kind of deception.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>My advice is wholesome.</p><p class="line2">There is nothing devious or crooked in it.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My words are plain to anyone with understanding,</p><p class="line2">clear to those with knowledge.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Choose my instruction rather than silver,</p><p class="line2">and knowledge rather than pure gold.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.</p><p class="line2">Nothing you desire can compare with it.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment.</p><p class="line2">I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>All who fear the LORD will hate evil.</p><p class="line2">Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,</p><p class="line2">corruption and perverse speech.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Common sense and success belong to me.</p><p class="line2">Insight and strength are mine.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Because of me, kings reign,</p><p class="line2">and rulers make just decrees.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Rulers lead with my help,</p><p class="line2">and nobles make righteous judgments.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“I love all who love me.</p><p class="line2">Those who search will surely find me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I have riches and honor,</p><p class="line2">as well as enduring wealth and justice.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold,</p><p class="line2">my wages better than sterling silver!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I walk in righteousness,</p><p class="line2">in paths of justice.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Those who love me inherit wealth.</p><p class="line2">I will fill their treasuries.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“The LORD formed me from the beginning,</p><p class="line2">before he created anything else.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I was appointed in ages past,</p><p class="line2">at the very first, before the earth began.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I was born before the oceans were created,</p><p class="line2">before the springs bubbled forth their waters.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Before the mountains were formed,</p><p class="line2">before the hills, I was born—</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>before he had made the earth and fields</p><p class="line2">and the first handfuls of soil.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>I was there when he established the heavens,</p><p class="line2">when he drew the horizon on the oceans.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>I was there when he set the clouds above,</p><p class="line2">when he established springs deep in the earth.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>I was there when he set the limits of the seas,</p><p class="line2">so they would not spread beyond their boundaries.</p><p class="line1">And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,</p><p class="line2"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I was the architect at his side.</p><p class="line1">I was his constant delight,</p><p class="line2">rejoicing always in his presence.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And how happy I was with the world he created;</p><p class="line2">how I rejoiced with the human family!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“And so, my children,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> listen to me,</p><p class="line2">for all who follow my ways are joyful.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Listen to my instruction and be wise.</p><p class="line2">Don’t ignore it.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Joyful are those who listen to me,</p><p class="line2">watching for me daily at my gates,</p><p class="line2">waiting for me outside my home!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For whoever finds me finds life</p><p class="line2">and receives favor from the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>But those who miss me injure themselves.</p><p class="line2">All who hate me love death.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:16 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version read </span><span class="it">and nobles are judges over the earth.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:32 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">my sons.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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