Proverbs 8:1
Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
Proverbs 8:2
On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
Proverbs 8:3
Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
Proverbs 8:4
“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Proverbs 8:5
O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
Proverbs 8:6
Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
Proverbs 8:7
For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
Proverbs 8:8
All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
Proverbs 8:9
They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.
Proverbs 8:10
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
Proverbs 8:12
I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs 8:13
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
Proverbs 8:14
Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.
Proverbs 8:15
By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;
Proverbs 8:16
By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.
Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
Proverbs 8:18
With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
Proverbs 8:20
I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
Proverbs 8:21
bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
Proverbs 8:22
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
Proverbs 8:23
From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
Proverbs 8:24
When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
Proverbs 8:25
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
Proverbs 8:26
before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.
Proverbs 8:27
I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
Proverbs 8:28
when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
Proverbs 8:29
when 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.
Proverbs 8:30
Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.
Proverbs 8:31
I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.
Proverbs 8:32
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:33
Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
Proverbs 8:35
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
Proverbs 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”