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Proverbs 8 (New International Version)

Proverbs 8

Wisdom's Call
1 Does not wisdom call out?

Does not understanding raise her voice?

2 On the heights
along the way,
where the paths meet,
she takes her stand;

3 beside the gates
leading into the city,
at the
entrances, she cries aloud:

4 "To you, O men, I
call out;
I raise my voice to all
mankind.

5 You who are
simple, gain prudence;
you who are
foolish, gain understanding.

6 Listen, for I
have worthy things to say;
I open my
lips to speak what is right.

7 My mouth speaks
what is true,
for my lips detest
wickedness.

8 All the words of
my mouth are just;
none of them is
crooked or perverse.

9 To the discerning
all of them are right;
they are
faultless to those who have knowledge.

10 Choose my
instruction instead of silver,

knowledge rather than choice gold,

11 for wisdom is
more precious than rubies,
and nothing
you desire can compare with her.

12 "I, wisdom,
dwell together with prudence;
I possess
knowledge and discretion.

13 To fear the
LORD is to hate evil;
I hate pride and
arrogance,
evil behavior and perverse
speech.

14 Counsel and
sound judgment are mine;
I have
understanding and power.

15 By me kings
reign
and rulers make laws that are
just;

16 by me princes
govern,
and all nobles who rule on
earth.

17 I love those
who love me,
and those who seek me find
me.

18 With me are
riches and honor,
enduring wealth and
prosperity.

19 My fruit is
better than fine gold;
what I yield
surpasses choice silver.

20 I walk in the
way of righteousness,
along the paths
of justice,

21 bestowing
wealth on those who love me
and making
their treasuries full.

22 "The LORD
brought me forth as the first of his works, ,

before his deeds of old;

23 I was appointed
from
eternity,
from the beginning, before
the world began.

24 When there were
no oceans, I was given birth,
when
there were no springs abounding with water;

25 before the
mountains were settled in place,
before
the hills, I was given birth,

26 before he made
the earth or its fields
or any of the
dust of the world.

27 I was there
when he set the heavens in place,
when
he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

28 when he
established the clouds above
and fixed
securely the fountains of the deep,

29 when he gave
the sea its boundary
so the waters
would not overstep his command,
and
when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

30 Then I was the
craftsman at his side.
I was filled
with delight day after day,
rejoicing
always in his presence,

31 rejoicing in
his whole world
and delighting in
mankind.

32 "Now then, my
sons, listen to me;
blessed are those
who keep my ways.

33 Listen to my
instruction and be wise;
do not ignore
it.

34 Blessed is the
man who listens to me,
watching daily
at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.

35 For whoever
finds me finds life
and receives favor
from the LORD.

36 But whoever
fails to find me harms himself;
all who
hate me love death."

Footnotes:

Proverbs
8:16 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts
and nobles-all righteous rulers

Proverbs
8:22 Or way ; or dominion

Proverbs
8:22 Or The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work ;
or The LORD brought me forth at the beginning of his work

Proverbs
8:23 Or fashioned

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