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Does not wisdom
acall,
And understanding lift up her voice?
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On the top of the heights, by the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
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Beside the gates, at the entry of the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries aloud:
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To you, O men, I call;
And my voice is to the sons of men.
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O simple ones, understand prudence;
And, O fools, be of an understanding heart.
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Hear, for I will speak noble things;
And the opening of my lips
will yield right things.
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For my mouth will utter truth,
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
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All the
awords of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
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They are all straight to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.
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Receive my instruction, and not silver;
And knowledge rather than choice gold.
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aFor wisdom is better than corals,
And nothing that
you desire compares with her.
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1I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And I find knowledge
and discretion.
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The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth, I hate.
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Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;
I am understanding; I have might.
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By me kings
areign,
And rulers decree justice.
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By me princes rule,
And nobles — all who judge righteously.
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I love those who love me,
And those who
aseek me diligently will find me.
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Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring wealth and righteousness.
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My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold;
And my yield than choice silver.
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I walk in the
away of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
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That I may cause those who love me to inherit substance
And that I may fill their treasuries.
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Jehovah possessed me in the
abeginning of His way,
Before His works of old.
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I was set up from eternity,
From the beginning, before the earth was.
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When there were no depths, I was
abrought forth,
When there were no fountains abounding with water.
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Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was brought forth;
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When He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.
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When He
aestablished the heavens, I was there;
When He inscribed a
bcircle upon the surface of the deep,
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When He made
afirm the skies above,
When the fountains of the deep became strong,
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When He set for the sea its
aboundary,
That the waters should not transgress His commandment,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
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Then I was by Him,
as a master workman;
And I was daily
His adelight,
Rejoicing always before Him,
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Rejoicing in His habitable earth;
And my delight was in the sons of men.
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Now therefore,
my sons, listen to me;
For blessed are they who keep my ways.
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Hear instruction, and be wise;
And do not neglect it.
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Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my doors,
Waiting at my doorposts.
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For whoever finds me finds
alife,
And will obtain favor from Jehovah.
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But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
All who hate me love death.
