Proverbs 8:22–36

Wisdom at Creation

²²“Yahweh created^h me, the first of his ways,

before his acts of old.ⁱ

²³From eternity, I was set up from the first,

from the beginning^j of the earth.

²⁴When there were no depths, I was brought forth,

when there were no springs of abounding^k water.

²⁵Before mountains had been shaped,

before hills, I was brought forth.

²⁶When he had not yet made earth and fields,

or the first dust of the world,

²⁷when he established^l the heavens, there I was,

when he drew^m a circle upon the face of the deep,

²⁸when he madeⁿ skies from above,

when he founded fountains of the deep,

²⁹when he assigned^o his limits to the sea,

that waters shall not transgress his command,^p

when he marked^q the foundations of the earth,

³⁰I was beside^r him, a master workman,

and I was delighting day by day,

rejoicing before him always,^s

³¹rejoicing in the world of his earth,

and my delight was with the children of humankind.

Benefits of Following Wisdom

³²“And now, children, listen to me;

happy are those who will keep my ways.

³³Hear teaching and be wise;

do not neglect it.

³⁴Happy is the person who listens to me,

in order to keep watch at my doors day by day,

in order to guard the frames of my entrances.

³⁵For he who finds me is he who finds^t life,

and he obtains favor from Yahweh.

³⁶But he who misses me injures himself.^u

All those who hate me love death.”