8Listen! Wisdom is calling out. Reason is making herself heard.H2451H7121H8394H5414H69632On the hilltops near the road and at the crossroads she stands.H5324H7218H4791H1870H1004H54103At the entrance to the city, beside the gates, she calls:H7442H3027H8179H6310H7176H3996H66074"I appeal to all of you; I call to everyone on earth.H376H7121H6963H1121H1205Are you immature? Learn to be mature. Are you foolish? Learn to have sense.H6612H995H6195H3684H995H38206Listen to my excellent words; all I tell you is right.H8085H1696H5057H4669H8193H43397What I say is the truth; lies are hateful to me.H2441H1897H571H7562H8441H81938Everything I say is true; nothing is false or misleading.H561H6310H6664H6617H61419To those with insight, it is all clear; to the well-informed, it is all plain.H5228H995H3477H4672H184710Choose my instruction instead of silver; choose knowledge rather than the finest gold.H3947H4148H3701H1847H977H274211"I am Wisdom, I am better than jewels; nothing you want can compare with me.H2451H2896H6443H2656H773712I am Wisdom, and I have insight; I have knowledge and sound judgment.H2451H7931H6195H4672H1847H420913To honor the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and false words.H3374H3068H8130H7451H1344H1347H7451H1870H8419H6310H813014I make plans and carry them out. I have understanding, and I am strong.H6098H8454H998H136915I help kings to govern and rulers to make good laws.H4428H4427H7336H2710H666416Every ruler on earth governs with my help, officials and nobles alike.H8269H8323H5081H8199H77617I love those who love me; whoever looks for me can find me.H157H157H7836H467218I have riches and honor to give, prosperity and success.H6239H3519H6276H1952H666619What you get from me is better than the finest gold, better than the purest silver.H6529H2896H2742H6337H8393H977H370120I walk the way of righteousness; I follow the paths of justice,H1980H734H6666H8432H5410H494121giving wealth to those who love me, filling their houses with treasures.H157H5157H3426H4390H21422"The LORD created me first of all, the first of his works, long ago.H3068H7069H7225H1870H6924H465923I was made in the very beginning, at the first, before the world began.H5258H5769H7218H6924H77624I was born before the oceans, when there were no springs of water.H8415H2342H4599H3513H432525I was born before the mountains, before the hills were set in place,H2022H2883H6440H1389H234226before God made the earth and its fields or even the first handful of soil.H6213H776H2351H7218H6083H839827I was there when he set the sky in place, when he stretched the horizon across the ocean,H3559H8064H2710H2329H6440H841528when he placed the clouds in the sky, when he opened the springs of the oceanH553H7834H4605H5810H5869H841529and ordered the waters of the sea to rise no further than he said. I was there when he laid the earth's foundations.H7760H3220H2706H4325H5674H6310H2710H4144H77630I was beside him like an architect, I was his daily source of joy, always happy in his presence -H681H525H3117H3117H8191H7832H6256H644031happy with the world and pleased with the human race.H7832H8398H776H8191H1121H12032"Now, young people, listen to me. Do as I say, and you will be happy.H8085H1121H835H8104H187033Listen to what you are taught. Be wise; do not neglect it.H8085H4148H2449H654434Those who listen to me will be happy - those who stay at my door every day, waiting at the entrance to my home.H835H120H8085H8245H3117H3117H1817H8104H4201H660735Those who find me find life, and the LORD will be pleased with them.H4672H4672H4672H2416H6329H7522H306836Those who do not find me hurt themselves; anyone who hates me loves death."H2398H2554H5315H8130H157H4194
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