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Proverbs 8:1-36 — Wisdom's Call

Prov.8.1-36

¹Does not Wisdom call out, and does not understanding raise her voice? ²On the heights beside the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. ³Beside the gates, at the entrance of the city, at the doorway openings, she cries aloud: ⁴To you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the children of humanity. ⁵Understand prudence, O simple ones; and you fools, understand in your heart. ⁶Hear, for I speak noble things, and the opening of my lips is uprightness. ⁷For my mouth utters truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. ⁸All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them. ⁹All of them are straightforward to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge. ¹⁰Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. ¹¹For Wisdom is better than jewels, and all desirable things cannot compare with her. ¹²I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. ¹³The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the evil way and the mouth of perversity I hate. ¹⁴Counsel and sound wisdom are mine; I am understanding; strength is mine. ¹⁵By me kings reign, and rulers decree righteousness. ¹⁶By me princes govern, and nobles—all who judge rightly. ¹⁷I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me. ¹⁸Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness. ¹⁹My fruit is better than gold, even refined gold , and my yield than choice silver. ²⁰I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice, ²¹to cause those who love me to inherit wealth, and I fill their treasuries. ²²The LORD acquired me at the beginning of his way, before his works of old. ²³From everlasting I was installed, from the beginning, before the earliest times of the earth. ²⁴When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs heavy with water. ²⁵Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth, ²⁶while he had not yet made earth and open country, or the first dust of the world. ²⁷When he established the heavens, I was there; when he inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, ²⁸when he made the skies above firm, when the fountains of the deep grew strong, ²⁹when he set for the sea its boundary, so that the waters would not pass beyond his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, ³⁰then I was beside him as a master worker , and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times, ³¹rejoicing in his inhabited world, and my delight was with the children of humanity. ³²And now, sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways. ³³Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. ³⁴Blessed is the person who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting beside the posts of my entrance. ³⁵For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD. ³⁶But whoever sins against me harms his own life; all who hate me love death.

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4/11/2026

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