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[1] Doth not wisdom cry,
And understanding put forth her voice?
[2] On the top of high places by the way,
Where the paths meet, she standeth;
[3] Beside the gates, at the entry of the city,
At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
[4] Unto you, O men, I call;
And my voice is to the sons of men.
[5] O ye simple, understand prudence;
And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
[6] Hear, for I will speak excellent things;
And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
[7] For my mouth shall utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
[8] All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
[9] They are all plain to him that understandeth,
And right to them that find knowledge.
[10] Receive my instruction, and not silver;
And knowledge rather than choice gold.
[11] For wisdom is better than rubies;
And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
[12] I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling,
And find out knowledge and discretion.
[13] The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil:
Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
[14] Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge:
I am understanding; I have might.
[15] By me kings reign,
And princes decree justice.
[16] By me princes rule,
And nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
[17] I love them that love me;
And those that seek me diligently shall find me.
[18] Riches and honor are with me;
Yea, durable wealth and righteousness.
[19] My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold;
And my revenue than choice silver.
[20] I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice;
[21] That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance,
And that I may fill their treasuries.
[22] Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way,
Before his works of old.
[23] I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
Before the earth was.
[24] When there were no depths, I was brought forth,
When there were no fountains abounding with water.
[25] Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills was I brought forth;
[26] While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,
Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
[27] When he established the heavens, I was there:
When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
[28] When he made firm the skies above,
When the fountains of the deep became strong,
[29] When he gave to the sea its bound,
That the waters should not transgress his commandment,
When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
[30] Then I was by him, as a master workman;
And I was daily his delight,
Rejoicing always before him,
[31] Rejoicing in his habitable earth;
And my delight was with the sons of men.
[32] Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me;
For blessed are they that keep my ways.
[33] Hear instruction, and be wise,
And refuse it not.
[34] Blessed is the man that heareth me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.
[35] For whoso findeth me findeth life,
And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
[36] But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:
All they that hate me love death.
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