Proverbios 8

¹ Doth not wisdom call, And understanding put forth her voice? ² In the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; ³ Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: ⁴ "Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men. ⁵ O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. ⁶ Hear, for I will speak excellent things, And the opening of my lips shall be right things. ⁷ For my mouth shall utter truth, And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. ⁸ All the words of my mouth are in righteousness, There is nothing perverse or crooked in them. ⁹ They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. ¹⁰ Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold. ¹¹ For wisdom is better than rubies, And all things desirable are not to be compared unto her. ¹² I wisdom dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge of devices. ¹³ The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the froward mouth, do I hate. ¹⁴ Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine. ¹⁵ By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. ¹⁶ By me princes rule, And nobles, even all the judges of the earth. ¹⁷ I love them that love me, And those that seek me earnestly shall find me. ¹⁸ Riches and honour are with me; Yea, enduring riches and righteousness. ¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my produce than choice silver. ²⁰ I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; ²¹ That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries. ²² The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, The first of His works of old. ²³ I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Or ever the earth was. ²⁴ When there were no depths, I was brought forth; When there were no fountains abounding with water. ²⁵ Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; ²⁶ While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. ²⁷ When He established the heavens, I was there; When He set a circle upon the face of the deep, ²⁸ When He made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep showed their might, ²⁹ When He gave to the sea His decree, That the waters should not transgress His commandment, When He appointed the foundations of the earth; ³⁰ Then I was by Him, as a nursling; And I was daily all delight, Playing always before Him, ³¹ Playing in His habitable earth, And my delights are with the sons of men. ³² Now therefore, ye children, hearken unto me; For happy are they that keep my ways. ³³ Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not. ³⁴ Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me, Watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. ³⁵ For whoso findeth me findeth life, And obtaineth favour of the LORD. ³⁶ But he that misseth me wrongeth his own soul; All they that hate me love death."