Proverbs 8
8
Wisdom’s Announcement
1Does not wisdom call out?
Does not understanding raise its voice?
2 ⌞Wisdom⌟ takes its stand on high ground,
by the wayside where the roads meet,
3near the gates to the city.
At the entrance ⌞wisdom⌟ sings its song,
4“I am calling to all of you,
and my appeal is to all people.
5You gullible people, learn how to be sensible.
You fools, get a heart that has understanding.
6Listen! I am speaking about noble things,
and my lips will say what is right.
7My mouth expresses the truth,
and wickedness is disgusting to my lips.
8Everything I say is fair,
and there is nothing twisted or crooked in it.
9All of it is clear to a person who has understanding
and right to those who have acquired knowledge.
10Take my discipline, not silver,
and my knowledge rather than fine gold,
11because wisdom is better than jewels.
Nothing you desire can equal it.
Wisdom’s Authority
12“I, Wisdom, live with insight,
and I acquire knowledge and foresight.
13To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate pride, arrogance, evil behavior, and twisted speech.
14Advice and priceless wisdom are mine.
I, Understanding, have strength.
15Through me kings reign,
and rulers decree fair laws.
16Through me princes rule,
so do nobles and all fair judges.
17I love those who love me.
Those eagerly looking for me will find me.
18I have riches and honor,
lasting wealth and righteousness.
19What I produce is better than gold, pure gold.
What I yield is better than fine silver.
20I walk in the way of righteousness, on the paths of justice,
21to give an inheritance to those who love me
and to fill their treasuries.
Wisdom as Creator
22“The Lord already possessed me long ago,
when his way began,
before any of his works.
23I was appointed from everlasting
from the first,
before the earth began.
24I was born
before there were oceans,
before there were springs filled with water.
25I was born
before the mountains were settled in their places
and before the hills,
26when he had not yet made land or fields
or the first dust of the world.
27“When he set up the heavens, I was there.
When he traced the horizon on the surface of the ocean,
28when he established the skies above,
when he determined the currents in the ocean,
29when he set a limit for the sea
so the waters would not overstep his command,
when he traced the foundations of the earth,
30I was beside him as a master craftsman.
I made him happy day after day,
I rejoiced in front of him all the time,
31found joy in his inhabited world, and delighted in the human race.
Wisdom as Lifegiver
32“Now, sons, listen to me.
Blessed are those who follow my ways.
33Listen to discipline, and become wise.
Do not leave my ways.
34Blessed is the person who listens to me,
watches at my door day after day,
and waits by my doorposts.
35Whoever finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord.
36Whoever sins against me harms himself.
All those who hate me love death.”
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Proverbs 8
8
The Virtue of Wisdom
1#Pr 1:20–21 Does not wisdom cry out,
and understanding lift up her voice?
2She stands on the top of high places,
by the way in the places of the paths.
3#Job 29:7 She cries out at the gates,
at the entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors:
4“To you, O men, I call,
and my voice is to the sons of men.
5#Pr 1:22; 1:4 O you simple, understand wisdom,
and you fools, be of an understanding heart.
6Hear, for I will speak of excellent things,
and from the opening of my lips will be right things;
7#Jn 8:14; Ps 37:30 for my mouth will speak truth,
and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
there is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
9#Pr 14:6 They are all plain to him who understands,
and right to those who find knowledge.
10#Ps 119:72; 119:127 Receive my instruction, and not silver,
and knowledge rather than choice gold;
11#Job 28:15–19; Ps 19:10 for wisdom is better than rubies,
and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12#Pr 1:4 “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
and find out knowledge and discretion.
13#Pr 16:6; Ps 97:10 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
pride and arrogance
and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.
14#Ecc 7:19; Isa 9:6 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, I have strength.
15#Da 2:21; Ro 13:1 By me kings reign,
and princes decree justice.
16By me princes rule,
and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
17#1Sa 2:30; Jn 14:21 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me early will find me.
18#Pr 3:16; Mt 6:33 Riches and honor are with me,
yes, enduring riches and righteousness.
19#Pr 3:14; 8:10 My fruit is better than gold,
yes, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver.
20I lead in the way of righteousness,
in the midst of the paths of justice,
21that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,
and I will fill their treasuries.
22#Pr 3:19 “The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His way,
before His works of old.
23#Ps 2:6 I was set up from everlasting,
from the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
24When there were no depths, I was brought forth,
when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25#Ps 90:2 Before the mountains were settled,
before the hills I was brought forth;
26while as yet He had not made the earth or the fields,
or the first dust of the world.
27#Pr 3:19; Isa 40:22 When He prepared the heavens, I was there,
when He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28when He established the clouds above,
when He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
29#Ps 104:9; Ge 1:9–10 when He gave to the sea His decree,
that the waters should not pass His commandment,
when He appointed the foundations of the earth,
30#Jn 1:1–3; Mt 3:17 then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him;
and I was daily His delight,
rejoicing always before Him,
31#Ps 16:3; Jn 13:1 rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth,
and my delights were with the sons of men.
32#Ps 119:1–2; Lk 11:28 “Now therefore listen to me, O you children,
for blessed are those who keep my ways.
33#Pr 4:1 Hear instruction, and be wise,
and do not refuse it.
34#Pr 3:13 Blessed is the man who hears me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting at the posts of my doors.
35#Pr 12:2; 3:13–18 For whoever finds me finds life,
and will obtain favor of the Lord;
36#Pr 1:31; 15:32 but he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
all those who hate me love death.”
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