Proverbs 8
old testament
- 1 Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?
- 2 On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth;
- 3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
- 4 Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.
- 5 O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
- 6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- 7 For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
- 9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.
- 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
- 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
- 12 I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion.
- 13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
- 14 Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.
- 15 By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.
- 16 By me princes rule, And nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.
- 17 I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.
- 18 Riches and honor are with me; [Yea], durable wealth and righteousness.
- 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.
- 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;
- 21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.
- 22 Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
- 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.
- 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.
- 25 Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;
- 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
- 27 When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
- 28 When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,
- 29 When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
- 30 Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him,
- 31 Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.
- 32 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
- 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.
- 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
- 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
- 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
Proverbs
old testament
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