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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Listen as Wisdom calls out! Hear as understanding raises her voice! |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2On the hilltop along the road, she takes her stand at the crossroads. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3By the gates at the entrance to the town, on the road leading in, she cries aloud, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4“I call to you, to all of you! I raise my voice to all people. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5You simple people, use good judgment. You foolish people, show some understanding. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Listen to me! For I have important things to tell you. Everything I say is right, |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8My advice is wholesome. There is nothing devious or crooked in it. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9My words are plain to anyone with understanding, clear to those with knowledge. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with it. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12“I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13All who fear the LORD will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Common sense and success belong to me. Insight and strength are mine. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Because of me, kings reign, and rulers make just decrees. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Rulers lead with my help, and nobles make righteous judgments. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17“I love all who love me. Those who search will surely find me. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18I have riches and honor, as well as enduring wealth and justice. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold, my wages better than sterling silver! |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20I walk in righteousness, in paths of justice. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Those who love me inherit wealth. I will fill their treasuries. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22“The LORD formed me from the beginning, before he created anything else. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23I was appointed in ages past, at the very first, before the earth began. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24I was born before the oceans were created, before the springs bubbled forth their waters. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Before the mountains were formed, before the hills, I was born— |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26before he had made the earth and fields and the first handfuls of soil. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew the horizon on the oceans. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28I was there when he set the clouds above, when he established springs deep in the earth. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. And when he marked off the earth’s foundations, |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30I was the architect at his side. I was his constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31And how happy I was with the world he created; how I rejoiced with the human family! |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32“And so, my children, listen to me, for all who follow my ways are joyful. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33Listen to my instruction and be wise. Don’t ignore it. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Joyful are those who listen to me, watching for me daily at my gates, waiting for me outside my home! |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36But those who miss me injure themselves. All who hate me love death.” |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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