Jubilee2000 - Proverbs - 8

8:1  Doth not wisdom cry, and give her voice to intelligence?

8:2  She stands in the top of high places, by the way at the crossroads of the paths.

8:3  She cries at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

8:4  Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of men.

8:5  O ye simple, understand prudence; and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

8:6  Hear, for I will speak of excellent things, and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.

8:7  For my mouth shall speak truth, and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

8:8  All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing perverse or twisted in them.

8:9  They [are] all plain to him that understands and right to those that have found wisdom.

8:10  Receive my chastening and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

8:11  For wisdom [is] better than precious stones; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

8:12  I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and [I] invent the knowledge of [giving] counsel.

8:13  The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil; pride, arrogancy, the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

8:14  With me is counsel, and existence; I [am] understanding; strength belongs to me.

8:15  By me the kings reign, and the princes decree justice.

8:16  By me the princes rule, and all of the governors judge the earth.

8:17  I love those that love me, and those that seek me [early] shall find me.

8:18  Riches and honour [are] with me, [yea], durable riches and righteousness.

8:19  My fruit [is] better than gold, [yea], than precious stones, and my revenue than choice silver.

8:20  I [shall] lead in the way of righteousness in the midst of the paths of judgment,

8:21  that I may cause my friends to inherit existence and I will fill their treasures.

8:22  The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

8:23  I was [set up] with eternal dominion, from the beginning, before the earth [was].

8:24  I was begotten before the depths, before the existence of the fountains of many waters.

8:25  Before the mountains were founded, before the hills was I begotten.

8:26  While as yet [he] had not made the earth nor the fields nor the beginning of the dust of the world,

8:27  when [he] composed the heavens, I [was] there. When he set a compass upon the face of the depth,

8:28  when [he] established the clouds above, when [he] strengthened the fountains of the deep,

8:29  when he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

8:30  I was with him ordering everything; I was his delight every day, being content before him at all times;

8:31  I am content in the circumference of his earth, and my contentment is with the sons of men.

8:32  Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye sons; for blessed [are those that] keep my ways.

8:33  Hearken unto chastening, and be wise; refuse it not.

8:34  Blessed [is] the man that hears me, keeping vigil at my gates, waiting at the threshold of my doors.

8:35  For whosoever finds me shall find life and shall obtain the will of the LORD.

8:36  But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those that hate me love death.: