Proverbs 8
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1Listen as Wisdom calls out! Hear as understanding raises her voice!1Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
2On the hilltop along the road, she takes her stand at the crossroads.2On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
3By the gates at the entrance to the town, on the road leading in, she cries aloud,3Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
4“I call to you, to all of you! I raise my voice to all people.4“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
5You simple people, use good judgment. You foolish people, show some understanding.5O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
6Listen to me! For I have important things to tell you. Everything I say is right,6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
7for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception.7For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
8My advice is wholesome. There is nothing devious or crooked in it.8All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
9My words are plain to anyone with understanding, clear to those with knowledge.9They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.
10Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.10Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
11For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with it.11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
12“I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.12I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
13All who fear the LORD will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech.13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
14Common sense and success belong to me. Insight and strength are mine.14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.
15Because of me, kings reign, and rulers make just decrees.15By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;
16Rulers lead with my help, and nobles make righteous judgments.16By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.
17“I love all who love me. Those who search will surely find me.17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
18I have riches and honor, as well as enduring wealth and justice.18With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
19My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold, my wages better than sterling silver!19My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
20I walk in righteousness, in paths of justice.20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
21Those who love me inherit wealth. I will fill their treasuries.21bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
22“The LORD formed me from the beginning, before he created anything else.22The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
23I was appointed in ages past, at the very first, before the earth began.23From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
24I was born before the oceans were created, before the springs bubbled forth their waters.24When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
25Before the mountains were formed, before the hills, I was born—25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
26before he had made the earth and fields and the first handfuls of soil.26before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.
27I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew the horizon on the oceans.27I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
28I was there when he set the clouds above, when he established springs deep in the earth.28when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
29I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,29when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
30I was the architect at his side. I was his constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence.30Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.
31And how happy I was with the world he created; how I rejoiced with the human family!31I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.
32“And so, my children, listen to me, for all who follow my ways are joyful.32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
33Listen to my instruction and be wise. Don’t ignore it.33Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
34Joyful are those who listen to me, watching for me daily at my gates, waiting for me outside my home!34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
35For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD.35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
36But those who miss me injure themselves. All who hate me love death.”36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.The Berean Bible (Berean Study Bible (BSB) © 2016, 2018 by Bible Hub and Berean.Bible. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved.
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