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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Wisdom and Folly</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Doth not wisdom cry?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.8.1"><span class="content">And understanding put forth her voice?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She standeth in the top of high places, by the way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.8.2"><span class="content">In the places of the paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">She crieth at 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 coming in at the doors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Unto 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="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> to the sons of man.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">O ye simple, understand wisdom:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.8.5"><span class="content">And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Hear; for I will speak of excellent things;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.8.6"><span class="content">And the opening of my lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> right things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For my mouth shall speak truth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.8.7"><span class="content">And wickedness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> an abomination to my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><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="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> in righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.8.8"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> nothing froward or perverse in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> all plain to him that understandeth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.8.9"><span class="content">And right to them that find knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><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="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For wisdom </span><span class="add"><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 that may be desired are not to be compared to it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">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 of witty inventions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> to hate evil:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="content">Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="content">And the froward mouth, do I hate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Counsel </span><span class="add"><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="add"><span class="content">am</span></span><span class="content"> understanding; I have strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.8.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.8.15"><span class="label">15</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 princes decree justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">By me princes rule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.8.16"><span class="content">And nobles, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">even</span></span><span class="content"> all the judges of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I love them that love me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.8.17"><span class="content">And those that seek me early shall find me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Riches and honour </span><span class="add"><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">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Yea</span></span><span class="content">, durable riches and righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">My fruit </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> better than gold, yea, 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="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.8.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I lead in 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 judgment:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.8.21"><span class="content">And I will fill their treasures.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> possessed me in 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="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.8.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.8.23"><span class="content">Or ever the earth was.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.8.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there 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="add"><span class="content">there were</span></span><span class="content"> no fountains abounding with water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.8.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.8.25"><span class="label">25</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 was I brought forth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.8.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><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, nor the fields,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.8.26"><span class="content">Nor the highest part of the dust of the world.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.8.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><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="add"><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 set a compass upon the face of the depth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.8.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><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="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.8.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When he gave to the sea his decree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="content">That the waters should not pass his commandment:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="content">When he appointed the foundations of the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then I was by him, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as</span></span><span class="content"> one brought up </span><span class="add"><span class="content">with him:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="content">And I was daily </span><span class="add"><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="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.8.31"><span class="content">And my delights </span><span class="add"><span class="content">were</span></span><span class="content"> with the sons of men.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.8.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.8.32"><span class="content">For blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are they that</span></span><span class="content"> keep my ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.8.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><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 refuse it not.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.8.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the man that heareth 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="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">For whoso findeth me findeth life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.8.35"><span class="content">And shall obtain favour of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.8.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PRO.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PRO.8.36"><span class="content">All they that hate me love death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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