Help Previous Next

NASB Bible

Proverbs 8

The Commendation of Wisdom

1

Does not  awisdom call, And understanding  1lift up her voice?

2

On top of  athe heights beside the way, Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

3

Beside the  agates, at the opening to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:

4

"To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men.

5

"O  1 anaive ones, understand prudence; And, O  bfools, understand  2wisdom.

6

"Listen, for I will speak  anoble things; And the opening of my lips will reveal  bright things.

7

"For my  amouth will utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

8

"All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing  acrooked or perverted in them.

9

"They are all  astraightforward to him who understands, And right to those who  bfind knowledge.

10

"Take my  ainstruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

11

"For wisdom is  abetter than  1jewels; And  ball desirable things cannot compare with her.

12

"I, wisdom,  adwell with prudence, And I find  bknowledge and discretion.

13

"The  afear of the LORD is to hate evil;  bPride and arrogance and  cthe evil way And the  dperverted mouth, I hate.

14

aCounsel is mine and  bsound wisdom; I am understanding,  cpower is mine.

15

"By me  akings reign, And rulers decree justice.

16

"By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly.

17

"I  alove those who love me; And  bthose who diligently seek me will find me.

18

aRiches and honor are with me, Enduring  bwealth and righteousness.

19

"My fruit is  abetter than gold, even pure gold, And my yield better than  bchoicest silver.

20

"I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,

21

To endow those who love me with wealth, That I may  afill their treasuries.

22

"The LORD possessed me  aat the beginning of His way, Before His works  1of old.

23

"From everlasting I was  1 aestablished, From the beginning,  bfrom the earliest times of the earth.

24

"When there were no  adepths I was  1brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.

25

aBefore the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was  1brought forth;

26

While He had not yet made the earth and the  1fields, Nor the first dust of the world.

27

"When He  aestablished the heavens, I was there, When  bHe inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

28

When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became  1fixed,

29

When  aHe set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His  1command, When He marked out  bthe foundations of the earth;

30

Then  aI was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight,  1Rejoicing always before Him,

31

 1Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having  amy delight in the sons of men.

32

"Now therefore, O sons,  alisten to me, For  bblessed are they who keep my ways.

33

aHeed instruction and be wise, And do not neglect it.

34

aBlessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.

35

"For  ahe who finds me finds life And  bobtains favor from the LORD.

36

"But he who  1sins against me  ainjures himself; All those who  bhate me  clove death."



Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.
For Permission to Quote Information visit https://www.lockman.org
Report corrections to contact@SpiritAndTruth.org
(Produced: Sat Dec 22 11:23:34 2007)

Help Previous Next