Proverbs 8
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- 1Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice?
- 2On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand.
- 3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud.
- 4Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man:
- 5O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense.
- 6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- 7For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- 8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous 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 equal to it.
- 12I wisdom dwell [supplied: with] prudence, and find the knowledge [supplied: which cometh] of reflection.
- 13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward 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 wisdom: I am intelligence; I have strength.
- 15By me kings reign, and rulers make just decrees;
- 16by me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth.
- 17I love those that love me; and they that seek me early shall find me.
- 18Riches and honour are with me; durable wealth and righteousness.
- 19My fruit is better than fine gold, yea, than pure gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
- 20I walk in the path of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
- 21that I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasuries.
- 22Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
- 23I was set up from eternity, 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 prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;
- 28when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;
- 29when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- 30then I was by him [supplied: his] nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
- 31rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [supplied: were] with the sons of men.
- 32And now, sons, hearken unto me, and 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 obtaineth favour of Jehovah;
- 36but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Words in italics were supplied by the translators.
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