Proverbs:8

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* Doth not wisdom cry aloud , And understanding put forth her voice ? * Upon the top of the high places , By the wayside , In the cross –ways , She taketh her station . * By the side of the gates , In the entrance of the city , In the approaches to the doors , she crieth aloud . * "To you , O men ! do I call , And my voice is to the sons of men ! * O ye simple ones ! learn wisdom , And ye fools , be ye of an understanding heart ! * Hear , for I speak excellent things , And my lips utter that which is right . * For my mouth speaketh truth , And wickedness is an abomination to my lips . * All the words of my mouth are in uprightness ; There is nothing crooked or deceitful in them ; * They are all plain to the man of understanding , And right to those who find knowledge . * Receive my instruction , and not silver . And knowledge rather than choice gold ! * For wisdom is better than pearls , And no precious things are to be compared with her . * "I , wisdom , dwell with prudence , And find out the knowledge of sagacious counsels . * The fear of the LORD is to hate evil ; Pride , and arrogance , and the evil way , And the deceitful mouth , do I hate . * Counsel is mine , and sound reason ; I am understanding ; I have strength . * By me kings reign , And princes decree justice . * By me princes rule , And nobles , even all the judges of the earth . * I love them that love me , And they who seek me early shall find me . * Riches and honor are with me ; Yea , durable riches and prosperity . * My fruit is better than gold , yea , than fine gold . And my revenue than choice silver . * I walk in the way of righteousness , In the midst of the paths of equity . * I cause those who love me to possess substance ; Yea , I fill their treasuries . * "The LORD created me , the firstling of his course , Before his works , of old ; * I was anointed from everlasting , From the beginning , even before the earth was made . * When as yet there were no deeps , I was brought forth . When there were no springs , abounding with water . * Before the mountains were settled , Yea , before the hills , I was brought forth ; * Ere yet he had made the land and the wastes , And the first of the clods of the earth . * When he framed the heavens , I was there ; When he drew a circle upon the face of the deep ; * When he made firm the sky above , And the fountains of the deep rushed forth ; * When he gave to the sea its bounds , that the waters should not pass their border ; When he marked out the foundations of the earth ,–– * Then was I by him as a master –builder ; I was his delight day by day , Exulting before him at all times ; * Exulting in the habitable part of his earth , And my delight was with the sons of men . * "Now , therefore , ye children , hearken to me ! For happy are they who keep my ways ! * Hear instruction , and be wise ! Yea , reject it not ! * Happy the man who hearkeneth to me , Who watcheth day by day at my gates , Who waiteth at the posts of my doors ; * For he that findeth me findeth life , And obtaineth favor from the LORD ; * But he who misseth me doeth violence to himself ; All they who hate me love death ."

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