New King James Version (Tinasha LaRaye)

New King James Version (Simon Bubb)

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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">The Excellence of Wisdom</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Does not </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 1:20, 21; 9:3; (1 Cor. 1:24)</span></span><span class="content">wisdom cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.8.1"><span class="content">And understanding lift up her voice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She takes her stand on the top of the high hill,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.8.2"><span class="content">Beside the way, where the paths meet.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.8.3"><span class="content">At the entrance of the doors:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;To you, O men, I call,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.8.4"><span class="content">And my voice </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> to the sons of men.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">O you simple ones, understand prudence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.8.5"><span class="content">And you fools, be of an understanding heart.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Listen, for I will speak of </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 22:20</span></span><span class="content">excellent things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.8.6"><span class="content">And from the opening of my lips </span><span class="it"><span class="content">will</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">come</span></span><span class="content"> right things;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For my mouth will speak truth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.8.7"><span class="content">Wickedness </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> an abomination to my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All the words of my mouth </span><span class="it"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> with righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.8.8"><span class="content">Nothing crooked or perverse </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They </span><span class="it"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> all plain to him who understands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.8.9"><span class="content">And right to those who find knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Receive my instruction, and not silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.8.10"><span class="content">And knowledge rather than choice gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Job 28:15; Ps. 19:10; 119:127; Prov. 3:14, 15; 4:5, 7; 16:16</span></span><span class="content">For wisdom </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> better than rubies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.8.11"><span class="content">And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.8.12"><span class="content">And find out knowledge </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> discretion.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 3:7; 16:6</span></span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> to hate evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">1 Sam. 2:3; (Prov. 16:17, 18; Is. 13:11)</span></span><span class="content">Pride and arrogance and the evil way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="content">And </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 4:24</span></span><span class="content">the perverse mouth I hate.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Counsel </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> mine, and sound wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.8.14"><span class="content">I </span><span class="it"><span class="content">am</span></span><span class="content"> understanding, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Eccl. 7:19; 9:16</span></span><span class="content">I have strength.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">2 Chr. 1:10; Prov. 29:4; Dan. 2:21; (Matt. 28:18); Rom. 13:1</span></span><span class="content">By me kings reign,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.8.15"><span class="content">And rulers decree justice.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">By me princes rule, and nobles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.8.16"><span class="content">All the judges of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">1 Sam. 2:30; (Ps. 91:14); Prov. 4:6; (John 14:21)</span></span><span class="content">I love those who love me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.8.17"><span class="content">And </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 2:4, 5; John 7:37; James 1:5</span></span><span class="content">those who seek me diligently will find me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 3:16; (Matt. 6:33)</span></span><span class="content">Riches and honor </span><span class="it"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> with me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.8.18"><span class="content">Enduring riches and righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">My fruit </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> better than gold, yes, than fine gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.8.19"><span class="content">And my revenue than choice silver.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I traverse the way of righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.8.20"><span class="content">In the midst of the paths of justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.8.21"><span class="content">That I may fill their treasuries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;The</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Job 28:26&#8211;28; Ps. 104:24; Prov. 3:19; (John 1:1)</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> possessed me at the beginning of His way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.8.22"><span class="content">Before His works of old.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">(Ps. 2:6)</span></span><span class="content">I have been established from everlasting,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.8.23"><span class="content">From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When </span><span class="it"><span class="content">there</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">were</span></span><span class="content"> no depths I was brought forth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.8.24"><span class="content">When </span><span class="it"><span class="content">there</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">were</span></span><span class="content"> no fountains abounding with water.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Job 15:7, 8</span></span><span class="content">Before the mountains were settled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.8.25"><span class="content">Before the hills, I was brought forth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.8.26"><span class="content">Or the primal dust of the world.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When He prepared the heavens, I </span><span class="it"><span class="content">was</span></span><span class="content"> there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.8.27"><span class="content">When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When He established the clouds above,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.8.28"><span class="content">When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Gen. 1:9, 10; Job 38:8&#8211;11; Ps. 33:7; 104:9; Jer. 5:22</span></span><span class="content">When He assigned to the sea its limit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="content">So that the waters would not transgress His command,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="content">When </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Job 28:4, 6; Ps. 104:5</span></span><span class="content">He marked out the foundations of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">(John 1:1&#8211;3, 18)</span></span><span class="content">Then I was beside Him</span><span class="it"><span class="content"> as</span></span><span class="content"> a master craftsman;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">(Matt. 3:17)</span></span><span class="content">And I was daily </span><span class="it"><span class="content">His</span></span><span class="content"> delight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="content">Rejoicing always before Him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Rejoicing in His inhabited world,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.8.31"><span class="content">And </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 16:3; John 13:1</span></span><span class="content">my delight </span><span class="it"><span class="content">was</span></span><span class="content"> with the sons of men.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now therefore, listen to me,</span><span class="it"><span class="content"> my</span></span><span class="content"> children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.8.32"><span class="content">For </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 119:1, 2; 128:1; Prov. 29:18; Luke 11:28</span></span><span class="content">blessed </span><span class="it"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">those</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">who</span></span><span class="content"> keep my ways.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Hear instruction and be wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.8.33"><span class="content">And do not disdain </span><span class="it"><span class="content">it.</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 3:13, 18</span></span><span class="content">Blessed is the man who listens to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="content">Watching daily at my gates,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="content">Waiting at the posts of my doors.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">For whoever finds me finds life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.8.35"><span class="content">And </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 3:4; 12:2; (John 17:3)</span></span><span class="content">obtains favor from the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PRO.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">But he who sins against me </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 20:2</span></span><span class="content">wrongs his own soul;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PRO.8.36"><span class="content">All those who hate me love death.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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Does not wisdom cry out,
And understanding lift up her voice?
She takes her stand on the top of the high hill,
Beside the way, where the paths meet.
She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city,
At the entrance of the doors:
“To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.
O you simple ones, understand prudence,
And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
Listen, for I will speak of excellent things,
And from the opening of my lips will come right things;
For my mouth will speak truth;
Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
All the words of my mouth are with righteousness;
Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.
They are all plain to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.
Receive my instruction, and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choice gold;
For wisdom is better than rubies,
And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.
“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And find out knowledge and discretion.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth I hate.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, I have strength.
By me kings reign,
And rulers decree justice.
By me princes rule, and nobles,
All the judges of the earth.
I love those who love me,
And those who seek me diligently will find me.
Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring riches and righteousness.
My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold,
And my revenue than choice silver.
I traverse the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,
That I may fill their treasuries.
“The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.
I have been established from everlasting,
From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no fountains abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was brought forth;
While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields,
Or the primal dust of the world.
When He prepared the heavens, I was there,
When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
When He established the clouds above,
When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
When He assigned to the sea its limit,
So that the waters would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth,
Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman;
And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,
Rejoicing in His inhabited world,
And my delight was with the sons of men.
“Now therefore, listen to me, my children,
For blessed are those who keep my ways.
Hear instruction and be wise,
And do not disdain it.
Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.
For whoever finds me finds life,
And obtains favor from the LORD;
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
All those who hate me love death.”

ಆಲಿಸಿ Proverbs 8