Proverbs Chapter 8
8:1 | Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? |
8:2 | She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. |
8:3 | She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. |
8:4 | Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man. |
8:5 | O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. |
8:6 | Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things. |
8:7 | For my mouth shall speak ![]() |
8:8 | All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them. |
8:9 | They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. |
8:10 | Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice ![]() |
8:11 | For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. |
8:12 | I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. |
8:13 | The fear of the LORD [is] to hate ![]() ![]() ![]() |
8:14 | Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength. |
8:15 | By me ![]() |
8:16 | By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the ![]() |
8:17 | I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. |
8:18 | Riches and honour [are] with me; ![]() |
8:19 | My fruit [is] better than ![]() ![]() ![]() |
8:20 | I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: |
8:21 | That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. |
8:22 | The LORD possessed me in the ![]() |
8:23 | I was set up from everlasting, from the ![]() ![]() |
8:24 | When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with ![]() |
8:25 | Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: |
8:26 | While as yet he had not made the ![]() |
8:27 | When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: |
8:28 | When he established the ![]() |
8:29 | When he gave to the sea his decree, that the ![]() ![]() |
8:30 | Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him; |
8:31 | Rejoicing in the habitable part of his ![]() |
8:32 | Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed [are they that] keep my ways. |
8:33 | Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. |
8:34 | Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. |
8:35 | For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. |
8:36 | But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love ![]() |