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# Proverbs 8 (New King James Version)
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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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