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Proverbs 8
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1You shall proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to you.
1Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
2For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways.
2On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
3For she sits by the gatesof princes, and sings in the entrances, [saying],
3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
4You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.
4“I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
5O you⌃ simple, understand subtlety, and you⌃ that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.
5You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!
6Listen to me; for I will speak solemn [truths]; and will produce right [sayings] from my lips .
6Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
7For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.
7For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse .
8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
9They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.
9They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
10Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.
10Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.
11For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.
11For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
12Iwisdomhave lived [with] counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.
12“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
13The 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.
13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
14Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.
14Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.
16By me princes rule, nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
17I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find [me].
17I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
18Wealth and glory belong to me; yes, abundant possessions and righteousness.
18With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
19[It is] better to have my fruit than [to have] gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.
19My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
20I walk in ways of righteousness, and [am] conversant with the paths of judgment;
20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,
21that 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 [also] to recount the things of old.
21that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
22The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.
22“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
23He established me before time [was] in the beginning, before he made the earth:
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
24even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:
24When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.
25before the mountains were settled , and before all hills, he begets me.
25Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born;
26The Lord made countries and uninhabited [tracks], and the highest inhabited parts of the world.
26while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:
27When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
28and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:
28when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
29decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:
29when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30I was by him, suiting [myself to him], I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.
30then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,
31For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.
31rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
32Now then, [my] son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall listen to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;
32“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
33[Hear wisdom and be wise, and ] [be not strangers to it. ]
33Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.
34watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.
34Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
35For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and [in them] is prepared favor from the Lord.
35For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
36But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.
36But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”