Proverbs 8

1 Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?YLT — Proverbs 8:1

2 At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,YLT — Proverbs 8:2

3 At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,YLT — Proverbs 8:3

4 ’Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] unto the sons of men.YLT — Proverbs 8:4

5 Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,YLT — Proverbs 8:5

6 Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness.YLT — Proverbs 8:6

7 For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] wickedness.YLT — Proverbs 8:7

8 In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.YLT — Proverbs 8:8

9 All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.YLT — Proverbs 8:9

10 Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.YLT — Proverbs 8:10

11 For better [is] wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.YLT — Proverbs 8:11

12 I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.YLT — Proverbs 8:12

13 The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.YLT — Proverbs 8:13

14 Mine [is] counsel and substance, I [am] understanding, I have might.YLT — Proverbs 8:14

15 By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,YLT — Proverbs 8:15

16 By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.YLT — Proverbs 8:16

17 I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.YLT — Proverbs 8:17

18 Wealth and honour [are] with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.YLT — Proverbs 8:18

19 Better [is] my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.YLT — Proverbs 8:19

20 In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,YLT — Proverbs 8:20

21 To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.YLT — Proverbs 8:21

22 Jehovah possessed me — the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.YLT — Proverbs 8:22

23 From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.YLT — Proverbs 8:23

24 In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters,YLT — Proverbs 8:24

25 Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.YLT — Proverbs 8:25

26 While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.YLT — Proverbs 8:26

27 In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,YLT — Proverbs 8:27

28 In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,YLT — Proverbs 8:28

29 In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,YLT — Proverbs 8:29

30 Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight — day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,YLT — Proverbs 8:30

31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men.YLT — Proverbs 8:31

32 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.YLT — Proverbs 8:32

33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.YLT — Proverbs 8:33

34 O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.YLT — Proverbs 8:34

35 For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.YLT — Proverbs 8:35

36 And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!YLT — Proverbs 8:36