WISDOM’S APPEAL

8 Doesn’t wisdomb call out?

Doesn’t understanding make her voice heard?

2 At the heights overlooking the road,

at the crossroads, she takes her stand.

3 Beside the gatesc leading into the city,

at the main entrance, she cries out:

4 “People, I call out to you;

my cry is to the children of Adam.

5 Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;

develop common sense, you who are foolish.

6 Listen, for I speak of noble things,

and what my lips say is right.

7 For my mouth tells the truth,d

and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

8 All the words from my mouth are righteous;

none of them are deceptive or perverse.e