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<p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, <p class="indent2">At the entrance of the doors, she makes a shout: <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“To you, O men, I call, <p class="indent2">And my voice is to the sons of men. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>O simple ones, understand prudence; <p class="indent2">And, O fools, understand a heart <i>of wisdom</i>. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Listen, for I will speak noble things; <p class="indent2">And the opening of my lips <i>will reveal</i> upright things. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For my mouth will utter truth; <p class="indent2">And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; <p class="indent2">There is nothing twisted or crooked in them. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They are all straightforward to him who understands, <p class="indent2">And right to those who find knowledge. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Take my discipline and not silver, <p class="indent2">And knowledge rather than choicest fine gold. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For wisdom is better than pearls; <p class="indent2">And all desirable things cannot compare with her. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, <p class="indent2">And I find knowledge <i>and</i> discretion. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil; <p class="indent2">Pride and arrogance and the evil way <p class="indent2">And the mouth of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>perverted <i>words</i>, I hate. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; <p class="indent2">I am understanding, might is mine. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>By me kings reign, <p class="indent2">And rulers mark out righteousness. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>By me princes rule, and nobles, <p class="indent2">All who judge rightly. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I love those who love me; <p class="indent2">And those who earnestly seek me will find me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Riches and glory are with me, <p class="indent2">Enduring wealth and righteousness. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My fruit is better than fine gold, even pure gold, <p class="indent2">And my produce <i>better</i> than choice silver. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I walk in the path of righteousness, <p class="indent2">In the midst of the pathways of justice, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>To give those who love me an inheritance of wealth, <p class="indent2">That I may fill their treasuries. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Yahweh possessed me at the beginning of His way, <p class="indent2">Before His deeds <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>of old. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>From everlasting I was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>installed, <p class="indent2">From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When there were no depths I was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>brought forth, <p class="indent2">When there were no springs heavy with water. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Before the mountains were settled, <p class="indent2">Before the hills I was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>brought forth; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>While He had not yet made the earth and the <i>fields</i> outside, <p class="indent2">Nor the first dust of the world. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When He established the heavens, I was there, <p class="indent2">When He marked out a circle on the face of the deep, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When He made firm the skies above, <p class="indent2">When the springs of the deep became strong, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>When He set for the sea its boundary <p class="indent2">So that the water would not pass over His <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>command, <p class="indent2">When He marked out the foundations of the earth; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then I was beside Him, <i>as</i> a master workman; <p class="indent2">And I was a daily delight, <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Rejoicing always before Him, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Rejoicing in the world, His earth, <p class="indent2">My delight <i>is</i> in the sons of men. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“So now, O sons, listen to me, <p class="indent2">For blessed are they who keep my ways. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Hear discipline and be wise, <p class="indent2">And do not neglect <i>it</i>. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>How blessed is the man who hears me, <p class="indent2">To watch daily at my doors, <p class="indent2">To keep watch at my doorposts. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For he who finds me finds life <p class="indent2">And obtains favor from Yahweh. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>But he who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sins against me does violence to his own soul; <p class="indent2">All those who hate me love death.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>perversities</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>from then</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Or <i>consecrated</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>born</i><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> Or <i>born</i><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> Lit <i>mouth</i><br><span class="fnverse">30</span> Or <i>Playing</i><br><span class="fnverse">31</span> Or <i>Playing</i><br><span class="fnverse">36</span> Or <i>misses me</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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