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| | Pro 8:1 | Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice?
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| | Pro 8:2 | On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she stands.
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| | Pro 8:3 | Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entry doors, she cries aloud:
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| | Pro 8:4 | "To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
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| | Pro 8:5 | You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.
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| | Pro 8:6 | Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
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| | Pro 8:7 | For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
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| | Pro 8:8 | All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
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| | Pro 8:9 | They are all plain to him who understands, Right to those who find knowledge.
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| | Pro 8:10 | Receive my instruction rather than silver; Knowledge rather than choice gold.
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| | Pro 8:11 | For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.
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| | Pro 8:12 | "I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
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| | Pro 8:13 | The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
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| | Pro 8:14 | Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
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| | Pro 8:15 | By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.
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| | Pro 8:16 | By me princes rule; Nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
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| | Pro 8:17 | I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
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| | Pro 8:18 | With me are riches, honor, Enduring wealth, and prosperity.
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| | Pro 8:19 | My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; My yield than choice silver.
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| | Pro 8:20 | I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;
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| | Pro 8:21 | That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
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| | Pro 8:22 | "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, Before his deeds of old.
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| | Pro 8:23 | I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth existed.
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| | Pro 8:24 | When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.
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| | Pro 8:25 | Before the mountains were settled in place, Before the hills, I was brought forth;
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| | Pro 8:26 | While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
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| | Pro 8:27 | When he established the heavens, I was there; When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
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| | Pro 8:28 | When he established the clouds above, When the springs of the deep became strong,
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| | Pro 8:29 | When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
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| | Pro 8:30 | Then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, Always rejoicing before him,
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| | Pro 8:31 | Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
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| | Pro 8:32 | "Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, For blessed are those who keep my ways.
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| | Pro 8:33 | Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.
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| | Pro 8:34 | Blessed is the man who hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my door posts.
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| | Pro 8:35 | For whoever finds me, finds life, And will obtain favor from Yahweh.
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| | Pro 8:36 | But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."
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