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Proverbs 8

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Wisdom is calling! Understanding is raising her voice!

2 On the heights along the road, where the paths meet, she is standing;

3 by the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries aloud:

4 "People, I am calling you, raising my voice to all mankind.

5 You who don't direct your lives, understand caution; as for you, you fools, get some common sense!

6 "Listen! I will say worthwhile things; when I speak, my words are right.

7 My mouth says what is true, because my lips detest evil.

8 All the words from my mouth are righteous; nothing false or crooked is in them.

9 They are all clear to those who understand and straightforward to those who gain knowledge.

10 Receive my instruction, rather than silver; knowledge, rather than the finest gold.

11 For wisdom is better than pearls; nothing you want can compare with her.

12 "I, wisdom, live together with caution; I attain knowledge and discretion.

13 The fear of ADONAI is hatred of evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and duplicitous speech.

14 Good advice is mine, and common sense; I am insight, power is mine.

15 By me kings reign, and princes make just laws.

16 By me princes govern, nobles too, and all the earth's rulers.

17 I love those who love me; and those who seek me will find me.

18 Riches and honor are with me, lasting wealth and righteousness.

19 My fruit is better than gold, fine gold, my produce better than the finest silver.

20 I follow the course of righteousness along the paths of justice,

21 to endow with wealth those who love me and fill their treasuries.

22 "ADONAI made me as the beginning of his way, the first of his ancient works.

23 I was appointed before the world, before the start, before the earth's beginnings.

24 When I was brought forth, there were no ocean depths, no springs brimming with water.

25 I was brought forth before the hills, before the mountains had settled in place;

26 he had not yet made the earth, the fields, or even the earth's first grains of dust.

27 When he established the heavens, I was there. When he drew the horizon's circle on the deep,

28 when he set the skies above in place, when the fountains of the deep poured forth,

29 when he prescribed boundaries for the sea, so that its water would not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

30 I was with him as someone he could trust. For me, every day was pure delight, as I played in his presence all the time,.

31 playing everywhere on his earth, and delighting to be with humankind.

32 "Therefore, children, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.

33 Hear instruction, and grow wise; do not refuse it.

34 How happy the person who listens to me, who watches daily at my gates and waits outside my doors.

35 For he who finds me finds life and obtains the favor of ADONAI.

36 But he who misses me harms himself; all who hate me love death."

The Message Bible MSG

1 Do you hear Lady Wisdom calling? Can you hear Madame Insight raising her voice?

2 She's taken her stand at First and Main, at the busiest intersection.

3 Right in the city square where the traffic is thickest, she shouts,

4 "You - I'm talking to all of you, everyone out here on the streets!

5 Listen, you idiots - learn good sense! You blockheads - shape up!

6 Don't miss a word of this - I'm telling you how to live well, I'm telling you how to live at your best.

7 My mouth chews and savors and relishes truth - I can't stand the taste of evil!

8 You'll only hear true and right words from my mouth; not one syllable will be twisted or skewed.

9 You'll recognize this as true - you with open minds; truth-ready minds will see it at once.

10 Prefer my life-disciplines over chasing after money, and God-knowledge over a lucrative career.

11 For Wisdom is better than all the trappings of wealth; nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her.

12 "I am Lady Wisdom, and I live next to Sanity; Knowledge and Discretion live just down the street.

13 The Fear-of-God means hating Evil, whose ways I hate with a passion - pride and arrogance and crooked talk.

14 Good counsel and common sense are my characteristics; I am both Insight and the Virtue to live it out.

15 With my help, leaders rule, and lawmakers legislate fairly;

16 With my help, governors govern, along with all in legitimate authority.

17 I love those who love me; those who look for me find me.

18 Wealth and Glory accompany me - also substantial Honor and a Good Name.

19 My benefits are worth more than a big salary, even a very big salary; the returns on me exceed any imaginable bonus.

20 You can find me on Righteous Road - that's where I walk - at the intersection of Justice Avenue,

21 Handing out life to those who love me, filling their arms with life - armloads of life!

22 "God sovereignly made me - the first, the basic - before he did anything else.

23 I was brought into being a long time ago, well before Earth got its start.

24 I arrived on the scene before Ocean, yes, even before Springs and Rivers and Lakes.

25 Before Mountains were sculpted and Hills took shape, I was already there, newborn;

26 Long before God stretched out Earth's Horizons, and tended to the minute details of Soil and Weather,

27 And set Sky firmly in place, I was there. When he mapped and gave borders to wild Ocean,

28 built the vast vault of Heaven, and installed the fountains that fed Ocean,

29 When he drew a boundary for Sea, posted a sign that said, no trespassing, And then staked out Earth's foundations,

30 I was right there with him, making sure everything fit. Day after day I was there, with my joyful applause, always enjoying his company,

31 Delighted with the world of things and creatures, happily celebrating the human family.

32 "So, my dear friends, listen carefully; those who embrace these my ways are most blessed.

33 Mark a life of discipline and live wisely; don't squander your precious life.

34 Blessed the man, blessed the woman, who listens to me, awake and ready for me each morning, alert and responsive as I start my day's work.

35 When you find me, you find life, real life, to say nothing of God's good pleasure.

36 But if you wrong me, you damage your very soul; when you reject me, you're flirting with death."