8Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice?H2451H7121H8394H5414H6963 2She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, Beside the way, where the paths meet.H5324H7218H4791H1870H1004H5410 3She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors:H7442H3027H8179H6310H7176H3996H6607 4"To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men.H376H7121H6963H1121H120 5O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart.H6612H995H6195H3684H995H3820 6Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things;H8085H1696H5057H4669H8193H4339 7For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.H2441H1897H571H7562H8441H8193 8All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.H561H6310H6664H6617H6141 9They are all plain to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge.H5228H995H3477H4672H1847 10Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold;H3947H4148H3701H1847H977H2742 11For wisdom is better than rubies, And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.H2451H2896H6443H2656H7737 12"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion.H2451H7931H6195H4672H1847H4209 13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.H3374H3068H8130H7451H1344H1347H7451H1870H8419H6310H8130 14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength.H6098H8454H998H1369 15By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice.H4428H4427H7336H2710H6664 16By me princes rule, and nobles, All the judges of the earth.H8269H8323H5081H8199H776 17I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.H157H157H7836H4672 18Riches and honor are with me, Enduring riches and righteousness.H6239H3519H6276H1952H6666 19My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, And my revenue than choice silver.H6529H2896H2742H6337H8393H977H3701 20I traverse the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,H1980H734H6666H8432H5410H4941 21That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.H157H5157H3426H4390H214 22"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.H3068H7069H7225H1870H6924H4659 23I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.H5258H5769H7218H6924H776 24When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.H8415H2342H4599H3513H4325 25Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth;H2022H2883H6440H1389H2342 26While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primeval dust of the world.H6213H776H2351H7218H6083H8398 27When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,H3559H8064H2710H2329H6440H8415 28When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,H553H7834H4605H5810H5869H8415 29When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth,H7760H3220H2706H4325H5674H6310H2710H4144H776 30Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him,H681H525H3117H3117H8191H7832H6256H6440 31Rejoicing in His inhabited world, And my delight was with the sons of men.H7832H8398H776H8191H1121H120 32"Now therefore, listen to me, my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways.H8085H1121H835H8104H1870 33Hear instruction and be wise, And do not disdain it.H8085H4148H2449H6544 34Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.H835H120H8085H8245H3117H3117H1817H8104H4201H6607 35For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the LORD;H4672H4672H4672H2416H6329H7522H3068 36But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; All those who hate me love death."H2398H2554H5315H8130H157H4194
