Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Thou shalt proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to thee.
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Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice?
2 For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways.
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On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3 For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, ,
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beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out:
4 You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.
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"To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live.
5 O ye simple, understand subtlety, and ye that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.
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O simple ones, learn prudence; acquire intelligence, you who lack it.
6 Hearken to me; for I will speak solemn ; and will produce right from my lips.
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Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right;
7 For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.
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for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.
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All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
9 They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.
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They are all straight to one who understands and right to those who find knowledge.
10 Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.
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Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold;
11 For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.
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for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
12 I wisdom have dwelt counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.
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I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I attain knowledge and discretion.
13 The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
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The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
14 Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.
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I have good advice and sound wisdom; I have insight, I have strength.
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
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By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just;
16 By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.
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by me rulers rule, and nobles, all who govern rightly.
17 I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find .
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I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
18 Wealth and glory belong to me; yea, abundant possessions and righteousness.
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Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and prosperity.
19 better to have my fruit than gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.
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My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.
20 I walk in ways of righteousness, and conversant with the paths of judgment;
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I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
21 that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember to recount the things of old.
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endowing with wealth those who love me, and filling their treasuries.
22 The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.
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The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago.
23 He established me before time in the beginning, before he made the earth:
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Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
24 even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:
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When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.
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Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth—
26 The Lord made countries and uninhabited , and the highest inhabited parts of the world.
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when he had not yet made earth and fields, or the world's first bits of soil.
27 When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:
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When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28 and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:
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when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,
29 decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:
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when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 I was by him, suiting , I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.
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then I was beside him, like a master worker; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,
31 For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.
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rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the human race.
32 Now then, son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;
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"And now, my children, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.
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Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
34 watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.
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Happy is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
35 For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and is prepared favour from the Lord.
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For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord;
36 But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.
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but those who miss me injure themselves; all who hate me love death."
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