Proverbs:8-10
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Doth not wisdom cry ?
and understanding put forth her voice ?
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She standeth in the top of high places ,
by the way in the places of the paths .
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She crieth at the gates sha #
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at the entry of the city ,
at the coming in at the doors .
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Unto you ,
O men ,
I call ;
and my voice is to the sons of man .
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O ye simple ,
understand wisdom :
and ,
ye fools ,
be ye of an understanding heart .
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Hear ;
for I will speak of excellent things ;
and the opening of my lips shall be right things .
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For my mouth shall speak truth ;
and wickedness is an abomination to my lips .
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All the words of my mouth are in righteousness ;
there is nothing froward or perverse in them .
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They are all plain to him that understandeth ,
and right to them that find knowledge da #
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Receive my instruction ,
and not silver ;
and knowledge rather than choice gold .
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For wisdom is better than rubies ;
and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it .
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I wisdom dwell with prudence ,
and find out knowledge of witty inventions .
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The fear of the LORD is to hate evil :
pride ge #
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and arrogancy ga #
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and the evil way ,
and the froward mouth ,
do I hate .
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Counsel is mine ,
and sound wisdom :
I am understanding ;
I have strength .
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By me kings reign ,
and princes decree justice .
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By me princes rule ,
and nobles ,
even all the judges of the earth .
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I love them that love me ;
and those that seek me early shall find me .
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Riches and honour are with me ;
yea ,
durable riches and righteousness .
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My fruit is better than gold ,
yea ,
than fine gold ;
and my revenue than choice silver .
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I lead in the way of righteousness ,
in the midst of the paths of judgment :
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That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance ;
and I will fill their treasures .
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The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way ,
before his works of old .
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I was set up from everlasting ,
from the beginning ro #
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or ever the earth was .
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When there were no depths ,
I was brought forth ;
when there were no fountains abounding with water .
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Before the mountains were settled ,
before the hills was I brought forth :
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While as yet he had not made the earth ,
nor the fields ,
nor the highest part of the dust of the world .
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When he prepared the heavens ,
I was there :
when he set a compass upon the face of the depth :
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When he established the clouds above ma #
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when he strengthened the fountains of the deep :
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When he gave to the sea his decree ,
that the waters should not pass his commandment :
when he appointed the foundations of the earth :
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Then I was by him ,
as one brought up with him :
and I was daily yowm #
his delight ,
rejoicing always before him ;
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Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ;
and my delights were with the sons of men .
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Now therefore hearken unto me ,
O ye children :
for blessed are they that keep my ways .
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Hear instruction ,
and be wise ,
and refuse it not .
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Blessed is the man that heareth me ,
watching daily yowm #
at my gates ,
waiting at the posts of my doors .
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For whoso findeth me findeth (
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life ,
and shall obtain favour of the LORD .
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But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul :
all they that hate me love death .
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Wisdom hath builded her house ,
she hath hewn out her seven pillars :
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She hath killed her beasts ;
she hath mingled her wine ;
she hath also furnished her table .
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She hath sent forth her maidens na #
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she crieth upon the highest places of the city ,
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Whoso is simple ,
let him turn in hither :
as for him that wanteth understanding ,
she saith to him ,
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Come ,
eat of my bread ,
and drink of the wine which I have mingled .
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Forsake the foolish ,
and live ;
and go in the way of understanding .
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He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame :
and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot m #
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Reprove not a scorner ,
lest he hate thee :
rebuke a wise man ,
and he will love thee .
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Give instruction to a wise man ,
and he will be yet wiser :
teach a just man ,
and he will increase in learning .
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom :
and the knowledge of the holy is understanding .
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For by me thy days shall be multiplied ,
and the years of thy life shall be increased .
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If thou be wise ,
thou shalt be wise for thyself :
but if thou scornest ,
thou alone shalt bear it .
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A foolish woman is clamorous :
she is simple ,
and knoweth nothing .
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For she sitteth at the door of her house ,
on a seat in the high places of the city ,
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who go right on their ways :
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Whoso is simple ,
let him turn in hither :
and as for him that wanteth understanding ,
she saith to him ,
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Stolen waters are sweet ,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant .
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But he knoweth not that the dead are there ;
and that her guests are in the depths of hell sh @#
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The proverbs of Solomon .
A wise son maketh a glad father :
but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother .
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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing :
but righteousness delivereth from death .
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The LORD will not sufferthe soul of the righteous to famish :
but he casteth away H the substance of the wicked .
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He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand :
but the hand of the diligent maketh rich .
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He that gathereth in summer is a wise son :
but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame .
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Blessings are upon the head of the just :
but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked .
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The memory of the just is blessed :
but the name of the wicked shall rot .
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The wise in heart will receive commandments :
but a prating fool shall fall .
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He that walketh uprightly walketh surely :
but he that perverteth his ways shall be known .
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He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow :
but a prating fool shall fall .
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The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life :
but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked .
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Hatred stirreth up strifes :
but love covereth all sins .
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In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found :
but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding .
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Wise men lay up knowledge da #
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but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction .
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The rich mans wealth is his strong city :
the destruction of the poor is their poverty .
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The labour of the righteous tendeth to life :
the fruit of the wicked to sin chatta #
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He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction :
but he that refuseth reproof erreth .
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He that hideth hatred with lying lips ,
and he that uttereth a slander ,
is a fool .
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In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin :
but he that refraineth his lips is wise .
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The tongue of the just is as choice silver :
the heart of the wicked is little worth m @#
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The lips of the righteous feed many :
but fools die for want of wisdom .
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The blessing of the LORD ,
it maketh rich ,
and he addeth no sorrow with it .
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It is as sport to a fool to do mischief :
but a man of understanding hath wisdom .
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The fear of the wicked ,
it shall come upon him :
but the desire of the righteous shall be granted .
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As the whirlwind passeth ,
so is the wicked no more :
but the righteous is an everlasting foundation .
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As vinegar to the teeth ,
and as smoke to the eyes ,
so is the sluggard to them that send him .
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The fear of the LORD prolongeth days :
but the years of the wicked shall be shortened .
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The hope of the righteous shall be gladness :
but the expectation of the wicked shall perish .
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The way of the LORD is strength to the upright :
but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity .
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The righteous shall never be removed :
but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth .
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The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom :
but the froward tongue shall be cut out .
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The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable :
but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness .
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A false balance is abomination to the LORD :
but a just weight is his delight .