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Proverbs 8

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 Does not wisdom call, and understanding raise its voice?

2 {Atop the heights} beside the road, at the crossroads she stands.

3 Beside gates, before towns, [at the] entrance of doors, she cries out:

4 "To you, O {people}, I call, and my cry is to the children of humankind.

5 Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}.

6 Listen! For noble things I will speak, and upright things from the opening of my lips.

7 My mouth will utter truth, and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

8 All sayings of my mouth [are] in righteousness; none of them are twisted and crooked.

9 All of them are straight to him who understands, and upright to those who find knowledge.

10 Take my teaching and not silver; may you choose knowledge rather than choice gold.

11 For wisdom is better than jewels, and all desires shall not compare with her.

12 I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.

13 The fear of Yahweh [is] hatred of evil, pride, and arrogance and an evil way. And I hate a mouth of perversity.

14 {Advice and sound judgment} are mine; I am understanding, {strength is mine}.

15 By me kings reign, and rulers decree righteousness.

16 By me rulers rule, and nobles--all judges of righteousness.

17 I love {those who love me}, and those who seek me diligently shall find me.

18 Fortune and glory [are] with me, enduring wealth and righteousness.

19 My fruit is better than gold, even refined gold, and my yield than choice silver.

20 In the way of righteousness I walk, in the midst of paths of justice,

21 [in order] to endow those who love me [with] wealth, and I will fill their treasuries.

22 "Yahweh possessed me, [the] first of his ways, before his acts {of old}.

23 From eternity, I was set up from [the] first, from the beginning of the earth.

24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs of {abounding} water.

25 Before mountains had been shaped, before hills, I was brought forth.

26 When he had not yet made earth and fields, or the first dust of the world,

27 {when he established} the heavens, there I [was], {when he drew} a circle upon the face of the deep,

28 {when he made} skies from above, when he founded fountains of the deep,

29 {when he assigned} his limits to the sea, that waters shall not transgress his {command}, {when he marked} the foundations of the earth,

30 I was {beside} him, a master workman, and I was delighting day by day, rejoicing before him {always},

31 rejoicing in the world of his earth, and my delight [was] with the children of humankind.

32 "And now, children, listen to me; happy [are] those who will keep my ways.

33 Hear teaching and be wise; do not neglect [it].

34 Happy [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.

35 For he who finds me [is] he who finds life, and he obtains favor from Yahweh.

36 But he who misses me injures himself. All those who hate me love death."

New International Version NIV

1 Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?

2 At the highest point along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

3 beside the gate leading into the city, at the entrance, she cries aloud:

4 “To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.

5 You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.

6 Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.

7 My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.

8 All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.

9 To the discerning all of them are right; they are upright to those who have found knowledge.

10 Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,

11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

12 “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion.

13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

14 Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight, I have power.

15 By me kings reign and rulers issue decrees that are just;

16 by me princes govern, and nobles—all who rule on earth.

17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

18 With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.

19 My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.

20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

21 bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me and making their treasuries full.

22 “The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,before his deeds of old;

23 I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

25 before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,

26 before he made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth.

27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

28 when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

29 when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

30 Then I was constantly at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,

31 rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.

32 “Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

33 Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it.

34 Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.

35 For those who find me find life and receive favor from the LORD.

36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves; all who hate me love death.”