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Proverbs 8
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Wisdom Calls for an Audience

8Isn't wisdom calling out; isn't understanding raising her voice?H2451H7121H8394H5414H6963
2On top of the highest places along the road she stands where the roads meet.H5324H7218H4791H1870H1004H5410
3Beside the gates, at the city entrance? at the entrance to the portals she cries aloud:H7442H3027H8179H6310H7176H3996H6607
4"I'm calling to you, men! What I have to say pertains to all mankind!H376H7121H6963H1121H120
5Understand prudence, you na?ve people; and gain an understanding heart, you foolish ones.H6612H995H6195H3684H995H3820
6Listen, because I have noble things to say, and what I have to say will reveal what is right.H8085H1696H5057H4669H8193H4339
7For my mouth speaks the truth? wickedness is detestable to me.H2441H1897H571H7562H8441H8193
8Everything I have to say is just; there isn't anything corrupt or perverse in my speech.H561H6310H6664H6617H6141
9Everything I say is sensible to someone who understands, and correct to those who have acquired knowledge.H5228H995H3477H4672H1847
10Grab hold of my instruction in lieu of money and knowledge instead of the finest gold,H3947H4148H3701H1847H977H2742
11because wisdom is better than precious gems and nothing you desire can compare to it."H2451H2896H6443H2656H7737

The Way of Wisdom

12"I, wisdom, am related to prudence. I know how to be discreet.H2451H7931H6195H4672H1847H4209
13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. Pride, arrogance, an evil lifestyle, and perverted speech I despise.H3374H3068H8130H7451H1344H1347H7451H1870H8419H6310H8130
14Counsel belongs to me, along with sound judgment. I am understanding. Power belongs to me.H6098H8454H998H1369
15Kings reign by me, and rulers dispense justice through me.H4428H4427H7336H2710H6664
16By me leaders rule, as do noble officials and all who govern justly.H8269H8323H5081H8199H776
17I love those who love me, and those who seek me will find me.H157H157H7836H4672
18Wealth and honor accompany me, as do enduring wealth and righteousness.H6239H3519H6276H1952H6666
19My fruit is better than gold, better than even refined gold, and my benefit surpasses the purest silver.H6529H2896H2742H6337H8393H977H3701
20I walk on the way of righteousness, along paths that are just,H1980H734H6666H8432H5410H4941
21I bequeath wealth to those who love me, and I will fill their treasuries."H157H5157H3426H4390H214

The Agelessness of Wisdom

22"The Lord made me as he began his planning, before his ancient activity commenced.H3068H7069H7225H1870H6924H4659
23From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before there was land.H5258H5769H7218H6924H776
24When there were no ocean depths, I brought them to birth at a time when there were no springs.H8415H2342H4599H3513H4325
25Before the mountains were shaped, before there were hills, I was bringing them to birth.H2022H2883H6440H1389H2342
26Even though he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the world's first grains of dust,H6213H776H2351H7218H6083H8398
27when he crafted the heavens, I was there? when he marked out a circle on the face of the deep,H3559H8064H2710H2329H6440H8415
28when he made the clouds from above, when the springs of the depths were established,H553H7834H4605H5810H5869H8415
29when he set a boundary for the seaso the waters would not exceed his limits, when he marked out the foundations of the earth.H7760H3220H2706H4325H5674H6310H2710H4144H776
30Then I was with him, his master craftsman? I was his delight daily, continuously rejoicing in his presence,H681H525H3117H3117H8191H7832H6256H6440
31rejoicing in his inhabitable world and taking delight in mankind."H7832H8398H776H8191H1121H120

The Exhortation of Wisdom

32"So listen to me, children! Blessed are those who obey me.H8085H1121H835H8104H1870
33Listen to instruction and be wise. Don't ignore it.H8085H4148H2449H6544
34Blessed is the person who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorways?H835H120H8085H8245H3117H3117H1817H8104H4201H6607
35because those who find me find life and gain favor from the Lord.H4672H4672H4672H2416H6329H7522H3068
36But whoever sins against me destroys himself; everyone who hates me loves death."H2398H2554H5315H8130H157H4194


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