8Doesn't Wisdom call out? Doesn't Understanding make her voice heard?H2451H7121H8394H5414H6963 2At the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads, she takes her stand.H5324H7218H4791H1870H1004H5410 3Beside the gates at the entry to the city, at the main entrance, she cries out:H7442H3027H8179H6310H7176H3996H6607 4"People, I call out to you; my cry is to mankind.H376H7121H6963H1121H120 5Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.H6612H995H6195H3684H995H3820 6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right.H8085H1696H5057H4669H8193H4339 7For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.H2441H1897H571H7562H8441H8193 8All the words of my mouth are righteous; none of them are deceptive or perverse.H561H6310H6664H6617H6141 9All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge.H5228H995H3477H4672H1847 10Accept my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.H3947H4148H3701H1847H977H2742 11For wisdom is better than precious stones, and nothing desirable can compare with it.H2451H2896H6443H2656H7737 12I, Wisdom, share a home with shrewdness and have knowledge and discretion.H2451H7931H6195H4672H1847H4209 13To fear the LORD is to hate evil. I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.H3374H3068H8130H7451H1344H1347H7451H1870H8419H6310H8130 14I possess good advice and competence; I have understanding and strength.H6098H8454H998H1369 15It is by me that kings reign and rulers enact just law;H4428H4427H7336H2710H6664 16by me, princes lead, as do nobles [and] all righteous judges.H8269H8323H5081H8199H776 17I love those who love me, and those who search for me find me.H157H157H7836H4672 18With me are riches and honor, lasting wealth and righteousness.H6239H3519H6276H1952H6666 19My fruit is better than solid gold, and my harvest than pure silver.H6529H2896H2742H6337H8393H977H3701 20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,H1980H734H6666H8432H5410H4941 21giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.H157H5157H3426H4390H214 22The LORD made me at the beginning of His creation, before His works of long ago.H3068H7069H7225H1870H6924H4659 23I was formed before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began.H5258H5769H7218H6924H776 24I was brought forth when there were no watery depths and no springs filled with water.H8415H2342H4599H3513H4325 25I was brought forth before the mountains and hills were established,H2022H2883H6440H1389H2342 26before He made the land, the fields, or the first soil on earth.H6213H776H2351H7218H6083H8398 27I was there when He established the heavens, when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,H3559H8064H2710H2329H6440H8415 28when He placed the skies above, when the fountains of the ocean gushed forth,H553H7834H4605H5810H5869H8415 29when He set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate His command, when He laid out the foundations of the earth.H7760H3220H2706H4325H5674H6310H2710H4144H776 30I was a skilled craftsman beside Him. I was His delight every day, always rejoicing before Him.H681H525H3117H3117H8191H7832H6256H6440 31I was rejoicing in His inhabited world, delighting in the human race.H7832H8398H776H8191H1121H120 32And now, [my] sons, listen to me; those who keep my ways are happy.H8085H1121H835H8104H1870 33Listen to instruction and be wise; don't ignore it.H8085H4148H2449H6544 34Anyone who listens to me is happy, watching at my doors every day, waiting by the posts of my doorway.H835H120H8085H8245H3117H3117H1817H8104H4201H6607 35For the one who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD,H4672H4672H4672H2416H6329H7522H3068 36but the one who sins against me harms himself; all who hate me love death."H2398H2554H5315H8130H157H4194
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