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And understanding give forth her voice?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>‘Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] unto the sons of men.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] wickedness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For better [is] wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Mine [is] counsel and substance, I [am] understanding, I have might.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Wealth and honour [are] with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Better [is] my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Jehovah possessed me — the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight — day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/proverbs/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhpar.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>