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117 lines
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The Excellence of Wisdom
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# Chapter 8
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1. Does not wisdom cry out,
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And understanding lift up her voice?
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2. She takes her stand on the top of the high hill,
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Beside the way, where the paths meet.
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3. She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city,
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At the entrance of the doors:
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4. "To you, O men, I call,
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And my voice is to the sons of men.
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5. O you simple ones, understand prudence,
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And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
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6. Listen, for I will speak of excellent things,
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And from the opening of my lips will come right things;
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7. For my mouth will speak truth;
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Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
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8. All the words of my mouth are with righteousness;
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Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.
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9. They are all plain to him who understands,
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And right to those who find knowledge.
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10. Receive my instruction, and not silver,
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And knowledge rather than choice gold;
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11. For wisdom is better than rubies,
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And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.
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12. "I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
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And find out knowledge and discretion.
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13. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
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Pride and arrogance and the evil way
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And the perverse mouth I hate.
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14. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
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I am understanding, I have strength.
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15. By me kings reign,
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And rulers decree justice.
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16. By me princes rule, and nobles,
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All the judges of the earth.
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17. I love those who love me,
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And those who seek me diligently will find me.
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18. Riches and honor are with me,
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Enduring riches and righteousness.
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19. My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold,
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And my revenue than choice silver.
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20. I traverse the way of righteousness,
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In the midst of the paths of justice,
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21. That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,
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That I may fill their treasuries.
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22. "The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
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Before His works of old.
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23. I have been established from everlasting,
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From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
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24. When there were no depths I was brought forth,
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When there were no fountains abounding with water.
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25. Before the mountains were settled,
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Before the hills, I was brought forth;
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26. While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields,
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Or the primal dust of the world.
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27. When He prepared the heavens, I was there,
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When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
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28. When He established the clouds above,
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When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
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29. When He assigned to the sea its limit,
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So that the waters would not transgress His command,
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When He marked out the foundations of the earth,
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30. Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman;
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And I was daily His delight,
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Rejoicing always before Him,
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31. Rejoicing in His inhabited world,
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And my delight was with the sons of men.
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32. "Now therefore, listen to me, my children,
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For blessed are those who keep my ways.
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33. Hear instruction and be wise,
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And do not disdain it.
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34. Blessed is the man who listens to me,
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Watching daily at my gates,
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Waiting at the posts of my doors.
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35. For whoever finds me finds life,
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And obtains favor from the Lord;
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36. But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
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All those who hate me love death."
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