Proverbs 8
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Prov 8:1
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Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift up her voice?
Prov 8:3
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Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:
Prov 8:4
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"To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men.
Prov 8:5
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"O naive ones, understand prudence; And, O fools, understand wisdom.
Prov 8:6
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"Listen, for I will speak noble things; And the opening of my lips {will reveal} right things.
Prov 8:7
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"For my mouth will utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Prov 8:8
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"All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.
Prov 8:9
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"They are all straightforward to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge.
Prov 8:10
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"Take my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choicest gold.
Prov 8:11
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"For wisdom is better than jewels; And all desirable things cannot compare with her.
Prov 8:12
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"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge {and} discretion.
Prov 8:13
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"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate.
Prov 8:14
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"Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.
Prov 8:15
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"By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice.
Prov 8:16
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"By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly.
Prov 8:17
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"I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me.
Prov 8:18
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"Riches and honor are with me, Enduring wealth and righteousness.
Prov 8:19
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"My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold, And my yield {better} than choicest silver.
Prov 8:20
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"I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,
Prov 8:21
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To endow those who love me with wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.
Prov 8:22
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"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
Prov 8:23
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"From everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
Prov 8:24
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"When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.
Prov 8:25
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"Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was brought forth;
Prov 8:26
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While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world.
Prov 8:27
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"When He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
Prov 8:28
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When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed,
Prov 8:29
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When He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
Prov 8:30
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Then I was beside Him, {as} a master workman; And I was daily {His} delight, Rejoicing always before Him,
Prov 8:31
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Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And {having} my delight in the sons of men.
Prov 8:32
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"Now therefore, {O} sons, listen to me, For blessed are they who keep my ways.
Prov 8:33
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"Heed instruction and be wise, And do not neglect {it.}
Prov 8:34
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"Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.
Prov 8:35
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"For he who finds me finds life And obtains favor from the LORD.
Prov 8:36
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"But he who sins against me injures himself; All those who hate me love death."
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