Proverbs 8 (NET)

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Proverbs 8:1¹Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:2²At the top of the prominent places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she has taken her stand;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:3³beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:4⁴“To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:5⁵You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:6⁶Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:7⁷For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:8⁸All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:9⁹All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:10¹⁰Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:11¹¹For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:12¹²“I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:13¹³The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:14¹⁴Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:15¹⁵By me kings reign, and by me potentates decree righteousness;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:16¹⁶by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:17¹⁷I will love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:18¹⁸Riches and honor are with me, long-lasting wealth and righteousness.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:19¹⁹My fruit is better than the purest gold, and my harvest is better than choice silver.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:20²⁰I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:21²¹that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, and that I may fill their treasuries.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:22²²The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:23²³From eternity I have been fashioned, from the beginning, from before the world existed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:24²⁴When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:25²⁵before the mountains were set in place— before the hills—I was born,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:26²⁶before he made the earth and its fields, or the top soil of the world.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:27²⁷When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:28²⁸when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:29²⁹when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:30³⁰then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:31³¹rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:32³²“So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:33³³Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:34³⁴Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:35³⁵For the one who finds me has found life and received favor from the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Proverbs 8:36³⁶But the one who misses me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

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