Proverbs 8:1–31
And bunderstanding aput forth her voice?
2 She standeth in the top of chigh places, by the way
In the places of the paths.
3 She acrieth at the dgates, at the entry of cethe city,
At the coming in at the doors.
And my voice is to the sons of man.
5 O ye fsimple, understand fwisdom:
And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6 Hear; for I will speak of gexcellent things;
And the opening of my lips shall be hright things.
7 For my imouth shall kspeak truth;
And wickedness is †an abomination to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing †lfroward or lperverse in them.
9 They are all mplain to him that understandeth,
And right to them that find knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver;
And knowledge rather than nchoice gold.
11 oFor wisdom is better than prubies;
And qall the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12 I rwisdom dwell with ||prudence,
And find out knowledge of switty inventions.
13 tThe fear of the Lord is to uhate evil:
xPride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
And ythe froward mouth, do I hate.
14 zCounsel is mine, and asound wisdom:
I am understanding; bI have strength.
15 cBy me kings reign,
And dprinces decree justice.
And nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
17 eI love them that love me;
And fthose that gseek me early shall find me.
18 hiRiches and honour are with me;
Yea, durable iriches and irighteousness.
19 My fruit is jbetter than kgold, yea, than lfine gold;
And jmy revenue than kchoice silver.
20 I ||lead in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of judgment:
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance;
And I will fill their treasures.
22 mThe Lord npossessed me oin pthe beginning of his way,
Before his works qof old.
23 I was rset up from everlasting, from the beginning,
sOr ever the earth was.
24 When there were no tdepths, I was ubrought forth;
When there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains vwere settled,
wBefore the hills was I ubrought forth:
26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the ||fields,
Nor ||the xhighest part of the dust of the world.
27 When he yprepared the heavens, I was there:
When he zset ||a compass upon the face of the tdepth:
28 When he established the clouds above:
When he strengthened the fountains of the tdeep:
29 aWhen he gave to the sea bhis decree,
That the waters should not pass his commandment:
When he zappointed cthe foundations of the earth:
30 dThen I was by him, as eone brought up with him:
And I was daily his fdelight,
gRejoicing always before him;