Proverbs 8
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- 1Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?
- 2On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth;
- 3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
- 4Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.
- 5O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
- 6Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- 7For my mouth shall utter 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.
- 9They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.
- 10Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.
- 11For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
- 12I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [supplied: and] discretion.
- 13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
- יִֽרְאַ֣ת
- יִֽרְאַ֣תyir.'At[the] fear ofH3374
- יְהוָה֮
- יְהוָה֮Yah.wehYahwehH3068G
- שְֽׂנֹ֫את
- שְֽׂנֹ֫אתse.Not[is] to hateH8130
- רָ֥ע
- רָ֥עra'evilH7451B
- גֵּ֘אָ֤ה
- גֵּ֘אָ֤הge.'AhprideH1344
- וְגָא֨וֹן׀
- וְדֶ֣רֶךְ
- רָ֭ע
- רָ֭עra'evilH7451B
- וּפִ֨י
- תַהְפֻּכ֬וֹת
- תַהְפֻּכ֬וֹתtah.pu.KhotperversitiesH8419
- שָׂנֵֽאתִי׃
- שָׂנֵֽאתִיsa.Ne.tiI hateH8130
- יִֽרְאַ֣ת
- 14Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.
- 15By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.
- 16By me princes rule, And nobles, [supplied: even] all the judges of the earth.
- 17I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.
- 18Riches and honor are with me; [supplied: Yea], durable wealth and righteousness.
- 19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.
- 20I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;
- 21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.
- 22Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
- 23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.
- 24When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.
- 25Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;
- 26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
- 27When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
- 28When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,
- 29When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
- 30Then I was by him, [supplied: as] a master workman; And I was daily [supplied: his] delight, Rejoicing always before him,
- 31Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.
- 32Now therefore, [supplied: my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
- 33Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.
- 34Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
- 35For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
- 36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
Words in italics were supplied by the translators.
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