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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Isn't wisdom calling out; isn't understanding raising her voice? |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2On top of the highest places along the road she stands where the roads meet. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Beside the gates, at the city entrance— at the entrance to the portals she cries aloud: |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"I'm calling to you, men! What I have to say pertains to all mankind! |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Understand prudence, you naïve people; and gain an understanding heart, you foolish ones. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Listen, because I have noble things to say, and what I have to say will reveal what is right. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7For my mouth speaks the truth— wickedness is detestable to me. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Everything I have to say is just; there isn't anything corrupt or perverse in my speech. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Everything I say is sensible to someone who understands, and correct to those who have acquired knowledge. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Grab hold of my instruction in lieu of money and knowledge instead of the finest gold, |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11because wisdom is better than precious gems and nothing you desire can compare to it." |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"I, wisdom, am related to prudence. I know how to be discreet. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. Pride, arrogance, an evil lifestyle, and perverted speech I despise. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Counsel belongs to me, along with sound judgment. I am understanding. Power belongs to me. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Kings reign by me, and rulers dispense justice through me. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16By me leaders rule, as do noble officials and all who govern justly. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I love those who love me, and those who seek me will find me. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Wealth and honor accompany me, as do enduring wealth and righteousness. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19My fruit is better than gold, better than even refined gold, and my benefit surpasses the purest silver. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20I walk on the way of righteousness, along paths that are just, |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21I bequeath wealth to those who love me, and I will fill their treasuries." |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"The LORD made me as he began his planning, before his ancient activity commenced. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before there was land. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24When there were no ocean depths, I brought them to birth at a time when there were no springs. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Before the mountains were shaped, before there were hills, I was bringing them to birth. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Even though he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the world's first grains of dust, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27when he crafted the heavens, I was there— when he marked out a circle on the face of the deep, |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28when he made the clouds from above, when the springs of the depths were established, |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29when he set a boundary for the sea so the waters would not exceed his limits, when he marked out the foundations of the earth. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Then I was with him, his master craftsman— I was his delight daily, continuously rejoicing in his presence, |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31rejoicing in his inhabitable world and taking delight in mankind." |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32"So listen to me, children! Blessed are those who obey me. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33Listen to instruction and be wise. Don't ignore it. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Blessed is the person who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorways— |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35because those who find me find life and gain favor from the LORD. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36But whoever sins against me destroys himself; everyone who hates me loves death." |
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