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Proverbs 8
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The Commendation of Wisdom
1
Does not
1
wisdom
call
, And
understanding
lift
up her
voice
?
2
On
top
of
2
the
heights
beside
the
way
,
Where
the
paths
meet
, she
takes
her
stand
;
3
Beside
the
3
gates
, at the
opening
to the
city
, At the
entrance
of the
doors
, she
cries
out:
4
"To you, O
men
, I
call
, And my
voice
is to the
sons
of
men
.
5
"O
4
naive
ones
,
understand
prudence
; And, O
5
fools
,
understand
wisdom
.
6
"Listen
, for I will
speak
6
noble
things
; And the
opening
of my
lips
will reveal
7
right
things
.
7
"For my
8
mouth
will
utter
truth
; And
wickedness
is an
abomination
to my
lips
.
8
"All
the
utterances
of my
mouth
are in
righteousness
;
There
is
nothing
9
crooked
or
perverted
in them.
9
"They are
all
10
straightforward
to him who
understands
, And
right
to those who
11
find
knowledge
.
10
"Take
my
12
instruction
and not
silver
, And
knowledge
rather
than
choicest
gold
.
11
"For
wisdom
is
13
better
than
jewels
; And
14
all
desirable
things
cannot
compare
with her.
12
"I,
wisdom
,
15
dwell
with
prudence
, And I
find
16
knowledge
and
discretion
.
13
"The
17
fear
of the
LORD
is to
hate
evil
;
18
Pride
and
arrogance
and
19
the
evil
way
And the
20
perverted
mouth
, I
hate
.
14
"
21
Counsel
is mine and
22
sound
wisdom
; I am
understanding
,
23
power
is mine.
15
"By me
24
kings
reign
, And
rulers
decree
justice
.
16
"By me
princes
rule
, and
nobles
,
All
who
judge
rightly
.
17
"I
25
love
those who
love
me; And
26
those who
diligently
seek
me will
find
me.
18
"
27
Riches
and
honor
are with me,
Enduring
28
wealth
and
righteousness
.
19
"My
fruit
is
29
better
than
gold
, even
pure
gold
, And my
yield
better
than
30
choicest
silver
.
20
"I
walk
in the
way
of
righteousness
, In the
midst
of the
paths
of
justice
,
21
To
endow
those who
love
me with
wealth
, That I may
31
fill
their
treasuries
.
22
"The
LORD
possessed
me
32
at the
beginning
of His
way
,
Before
His
works
of
old
.
23
"From
everlasting
I was
33
established
, From the
beginning
,
34
from the
earliest
times
of the
earth
.
24
"When
there
were
no
35
depths
I was
brought
forth
, When
there
were
no
springs
abounding
with
water
.
25
"
36
Before
the
mountains
were
settled
,
Before
the
hills
I was
brought
forth
;
26
While
He had not yet
made
the
earth
and the
fields
,
Nor
the
first
dust
of the
world
.
27
"When He
37
established
the
heavens
, I was
there
, When
38
He
inscribed
a
circle
on the
face
of the
deep
,
28
When He
made
firm
the
skies
above
*
, When the
springs
of the
deep
became
fixed
,
29
When
39
He
set
for the
sea
its
boundary
So that the
water
would not
transgress
His
command
, When He
marked
out
40
the
foundations
of the
earth
;
30
Then
41
I was
beside
Him, as a
master
workman
; And I was
daily
His
delight
,
Rejoicing
always
*
before
Him,
31
Rejoicing
in the
world
, His
earth
, And having
42
my
delight
in the
sons
of
men
.
32
"Now
therefore, O
sons
,
43
listen
to me, For
44
blessed
are they who
keep
my
ways
.
33
"
45
Heed
instruction
and be
wise
, And do not
neglect
it.
34
"
46
Blessed
is the
man
who
listens
to me,
Watching
daily
at my
gates
,
Waiting
at my
doorposts
.
35
"For
47
he who
finds
me
finds
life
And
48
obtains
favor
from the
LORD
.
36
"But he who
sins
against me
49
injures
himself
;
All
those who
50
hate
me
51
love
death
."
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1.
Proverbs 1:20, 21
;
Proverbs 8:1-3
;
Proverbs 9:3
;
1 Corinthians 1:24
2.
Proverbs 9:3, 14
3.
Job 29:7
4.
Proverbs 1:4
5.
Proverbs 1:22, 32
;
Proverbs 3:35
6.
Proverbs 22:20
7.
Proverbs 23:16
8.
Psalms 37:30
;
John 8:14
;
Romans 15:8
9.
Deuteronomy 32:5
;
Proverbs 2:15
;
Philippians 2:15
10.
Proverbs 14:6
11.
Proverbs 3:13
12.
Proverbs 3:14, 15
;
Proverbs 8:19
13.
Job 28:15, 18
;
Psalms 19:10
14.
Proverbs 3:15
15.
Proverbs 8:5
16.
Proverbs 1:4
17.
Proverbs 3:7
;
Proverbs 16:6
18.
1 Samuel 2:3
;
Proverbs 16:18
;
Isaiah 13:11
19.
Proverbs 15:9
20.
Proverbs 6:12
21.
Proverbs 1:25
;
Proverbs 19:20
;
Isaiah 28:29
;
Jeremiah 32:19
22.
Proverbs 2:7
;
Proverbs 3:21
;
Proverbs 18:1
23.
Ecclesiastes 7:19
;
Ecclesiastes 9:16
24.
2 Chronicles 1:10
;
Proverbs 29:4
;
Daniel 2:21
;
Matthew 28:18
;
Romans 13:1
25.
1 Samuel 2:30
;
Proverbs 4:6
;
John 14:21
26.
Proverbs 2:4, 5
;
John 7:37
;
James 1:5
27.
Proverbs 3:16
28.
Psalms 112:3
;
Matthew 6:33
29.
Job 28:15
;
Proverbs 3:14
30.
Proverbs 10:20
31.
Proverbs 24:4
32.
Job 28:26-28
;
Psalms 104:24
;
Proverbs 3:19
33.
John 1:1-3
34.
John 17:5
35.
Genesis 1:2
;
Exodus 15:5
;
Job 38:16
;
Proverbs 3:20
36.
Job 15:7
;
Psalms 90:2
37.
Proverbs 3:19
38.
Job 26:10
39.
Job 38:10
;
Psalms 104:9
40.
Job 38:6
;
Psalms 104:5
41.
John 1:2, 3
42.
Psalms 16:3
;
John 13:1
43.
Proverbs 5:7
;
Proverbs 7:24
44.
Psalms 119:1, 2
;
Psalms 128:1
;
Proverbs 29:18
;
Luke 11:28
45.
Proverbs 4:1
46.
Proverbs 3:13, 18
47.
Proverbs 4:22
;
John 17:3
48.
Proverbs 3:4
;
Proverbs 12:2
49.
Proverbs 1:31, 32
;
Proverbs 15:32
50.
Proverbs 5:12
;
Proverbs 12:1
51.
Proverbs 21:6
Footnotes
14
[a].
Lit "give"
[b].
Lit "simple"
[c].
Lit "heart"
[d].
Lit "corals"
[e].
Lit "from then"
[f].
Or "consecrated"
[g].
Or "born"
[h].
Or "born"
[i].
Lit "outside places"
[j].
Lit "strong"
[k].
Lit "mouth"
[l].
Or "Playing"
[m].
Or "Playing"
[n].
Or "misses me"
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