8DOES NOT skillful {and} godly Wisdom cry out, and understanding raise her voice [in contrast to the loose woman]?H2451H7121H8394H5414H6963 2On the top of the heights beside the way, where the paths meet, stands Wisdom [skillful and godly];H5324H7218H4791H1870H1004H5410 3At the gates at the entrance of the town, at the coming in at the doors, she cries out:H7442H3027H8179H6310H7176H3996H6607 4To you, O men, I call, and my voice is directed to the sons of men.H376H7121H6963H1121H120 5O you simple {and} thoughtless ones, understand prudence; you [self-confident] fools, be of an understanding heart.H6612H995H6195H3684H995H3820 6Hear, for I will speak excellent {and} princely things; and the opening of my lips shall be for right things.H8085H1696H5057H4669H8193H4339 7For my mouth shall utter truth, and wrongdoing is detestable {and} loathsome to my lips.H2441H1897H571H7562H8441H8193 8All the words of my mouth are righteous (upright and in right standing with God); there is nothing contrary to truth or crooked in them.H561H6310H6664H6617H6141 9They are all plain to him who understands [and opens his heart], and right to those who find knowledge [and live by it].H5228H995H3477H4672H1847 10Receive my instruction in preference to [striving for] silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,H3947H4148H3701H1847H977H2742 11For skillful {and} godly Wisdom is better than rubies {or} pearls, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.H2451H2896H6443H2656H7737 12I, Wisdom [from God], make prudence my dwelling, and I find out knowledge and discretion.H2451H7931H6195H4672H1847H4209 13The reverent fear {and} worshipful awe of the Lord [includes] the hatred of evil; pride, arrogance, the evil way, and perverted {and} twisted speech I hate.H3374H3068H8130H7451H1344H1347H7451H1870H8419H6310H8130 14I have counsel and sound knowledge, I have understanding, I have might {and} power.H6098H8454H998H1369 15By me kings reign and rulers decree justice.H4428H4427H7336H2710H6664 16By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges {and} governors of the earth.H8269H8323H5081H8199H776 17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early {and} diligently shall find me.H157H157H7836H4672 18Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation, and right standing with God).H6239H3519H6276H1952H6666 19My fruit is better than gold, yes, than refined gold, and my increase than choice silver.H6529H2896H2742H6337H8393H977H3701 20I [Wisdom] walk in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), in the midst of the paths of justice,H1980H734H6666H8432H5410H4941 21That I may cause those who love me to inherit [true] riches and that I may fill their treasuries.H157H5157H3426H4390H214 22The Lord formed {and} brought me [Wisdom] forth at the beginning of His way, before His acts of old.H3068H7069H7225H1870H6924H4659 23I [Wisdom] was inaugurated {and} ordained from everlasting, from the beginning, before ever the earth existed.H5258H5769H7218H6924H776 24When there were no deeps, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains laden with water.H8415H2342H4599H3513H4325 25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,H2022H2883H6440H1389H2342 26While as yet He had not made the land or the fields or the first of the dust of the earth.H6213H776H2351H7218H6083H8398 27When He prepared the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there; when He drew a circle upon the face of the deep {and} stretched out the firmament over it,H3559H8064H2710H2329H6440H8415 28When He made firm the skies above, when He established the fountains of the deep,H553H7834H4605H5810H5869H8415 29When He gave to the sea its limit {and} His decree that the waters should not transgress [across the boundaries set by] His command, when He appointed the foundations of the earth--H7760H3220H2706H4325H5674H6310H2710H4144H776 30Then I [Wisdom] was beside Him as a master {and} director of the work; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing before Him always,H681H525H3117H3117H8191H7832H6256H6440 31Rejoicing in His inhabited earth and delighting in the sons of men.H7832H8398H776H8191H1121H120 32Now therefore listen to me, O you sons; for blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who keep my ways.H8085H1121H835H8104H1870 33Hear instruction and be wise, and do not refuse {or} neglect it.H8085H4148H2449H6544 34Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.H835H120H8085H8245H3117H3117H1817H8104H4201H6607 35For whoever finds me [Wisdom] finds life and draws forth {and} obtains favor from the Lord.H4672H4672H4672H2416H6329H7522H3068 36But he who misses me {or} sins against me wrongs {and} injures himself; all who hate me love {and} court death.H2398H2554H5315H8130H157H4194
