Doth not wisdom cry,
And understanding put forth her voice?
On the top of high places by the way,
Where the paths meet, she standeth;
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city,
At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
Unto you, O men, I call;
And my voice is to the sons of men.
O ye simple, understand prudence;
And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
Hear, for I will speak excellent things;
And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
For my mouth shall utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
All the words of my mouth {Or, are righteousness}are in righteousness;
There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
They are all plain to him that understandeth,
And right to them that find knowledge.
Receive my instruction, and not silver;
And knowledge rather than choice gold.
For wisdom is better than rubies;
And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling,
And find out {Or, knowledge of witty inventions}knowledge and discretion.
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil:
Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Counsel is mine, and {Or, effectual working}sound knowledge:
I am understanding; I have might.
By me kings reign,
And princes decree justice.
By me {Or, rulers}princes rule,
And nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
I love them that love me;
And those that seek me {Or, early}diligently shall find me.
Riches and honor are with me;
Yea, {Or, ancient}durable wealth and righteousness.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold;
And my {Or, increase}revenue than choice silver.
I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice;
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance,
And that I may fill their treasuries.
Jehovah {Or, formed}possessed me {Or, as}in the beginning of his way,
{Or, The first of}Before his works of old.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
Before the earth was.
When there were no depths, I was brought forth,
When there were no fountains abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills was I brought forth;
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,
Nor the {Or, sum}beginning of the dust of the world.
When he {Or, prepared}established the heavens, I was there:
When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
When he made firm the skies above,
When the fountains of the deep became strong,
When he gave to the sea {Or, his decree}its bound,
That the waters should not transgress his commandment,
When he {Or, appointed}marked out the foundations of the earth;
Then I was by him, as a master workman;
And I {Or, had delight continually}was daily his delight,
{Or, Sporting}Rejoicing always before him,
{Or, Sporting}Rejoicing in his habitable earth;
And my delight was with the sons of men.
Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me;
For blessed are they that keep my ways.
Hear instruction, and be wise,
And refuse it not.
Blessed is the man that heareth me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.
For whoso findeth me findeth life,
And shall {Hebrew: draw forth.}obtain favor of Jehovah.
But he that {Or, misseth me}sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:
All they that hate me love death.
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Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me {Or, as in a waste}in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.
Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
We love, because he first loved us.
for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for {Or, of such is}to such belongeth the kingdom of God.
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.