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 shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,And be filled with their own devices.
And thou {Or, groan}mourn at thy latter end,When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:He that {Or, angereth himself against him}provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own {Hebrew: soul.}life.
And say, How have I hated instruction,And my heart despised reproof;
And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked,And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
For every one that {Or, practiseth}doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be {Or, convicted}reproved.
He shall die for lack of instruction;And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified {Greek: a common thing.}an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
If any man loveth not the Lord, let him be anathema. {That is, O (or Our) Lord, come!}Maranatha.