Proverbs 8

1 ♥ 📝 D oth not wisdom^H2451 cry,^H7121 And understanding^H8394 put forth^H5414 her voice?^H6963

2 ♥ 📝 On the top^H7218 of high places^H4791 by the way,^H1870 Where the paths^H5410 meet,^H1004 she standeth;^H5324

3 ♥ 📝 Beside the gates,^H8179 at^H3027 the entry^H6310 of the city,^H7176 At the coming^H3996 in at the doors,^H6607 she crieth^H7442 aloud:

4 ♥ 📝 Unto you, O men,^H376 I call;^H7121 And my voice^H6963 is to the sons^H1121 of men.^H120

5 ♥ 📝 O ye simple,^H6612 understand^H995 prudence;^H6195 And, ye fools,^H3684 be of an understanding^H995 heart.^H3820

6 ♥ 📝 Hear,^H8085 for I will speak^H1696 excellent things;^H5057 And the opening^H4669 of my lips^H8193 shall be right things.^H4339

7 ♥ 📝 For my mouth^H2441 shall utter^H1897 truth;^H571 And wickedness^H7562 is an abomination^H8441 to my lips.^H8193

8 ♥ 📝 All the words^H561 of my mouth^H6310 are in righteousness;^H6664 There is nothing crooked^H6617 or perverse^H6141 in them.

9 ♥ 📝 They are all plain^H5228 to him that understandeth,^H995 And right^H3477 to them that find^H4672 knowledge.^H1847

10 ♥ 📝 Receive^H3947 my instruction,^H4148 and not silver;^H3701 And knowledge^H1847 rather than choice^H977 gold.^H2742

11 ♥ 📝 For wisdom^H2451 is better^H2896 than rubies;^H6443 And all the things that may be desired^H2656 are not to be compared^H7737 unto it.

12 ♥ 📝 I wisdom^H2451 have made prudence^H6195 my dwelling,^H7931 And find out^H4672 knowledge^H1847 [and] discretion.

13 ♥ 📝 The fear^H3374 of Jehovah^H3068 is to hate^H8130 evil:^H7451 Pride,^H1344 and arrogancy,^H1347 and the evil^H7451 way,^H1870 And the perverse^H8419 mouth,^H6310 do I hate.^H8130

14 ♥ 📝 Counsel^H6098 is mine, and sound knowledge:^H8454 I am understanding;^H998 I have might.^H1369

15 ♥ 📝 By me kings^H4428 reign,^H4427 And princes^H7336 decree^H2710 justice.^H6664

16 ♥ 📝 By me princes^H8269 rule,^H8323 And nobles,^H5081 [even] all the judges^H8199 of the earth.^H776

17 ♥ 📝 I love^H157 them that love^H157 me; And those that seek me diligently^H7836 shall find^H4672 me.

18 ♥ 📝 Riches^H6239 and honor^H3519 are with me; [Yea], durable^H6276 wealth^H1952 and righteousness.^H6666

19 ♥ 📝 My fruit^H6529 is better^H2896 than gold,^H2742 yea, than fine gold;^H6337 And my revenue^H8393 than choice^H977 silver.^H3701

20 ♥ 📝 I walk^H1980 in the way^H734 of righteousness,^H6666 In the midst^H8432 of the paths^H5410 of justice;^H4941

21 ♥ 📝 That I may cause those that love^H157 me to inherit^H5157 substance,^H3426 And that I may fill^H4390 their treasuries.^H214

22 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 possessed^H7069 me in the beginning^H7225 of his way,^H1870 Before^H6924 his works^H4659 of old.

23 ♥ 📝 I was set up^H5258 from everlasting,^H5769 from the beginning,^H7218 Before^H6924 the earth^H776 was.

24 ♥ 📝 When there were no depths,^H8415 I was brought forth,^H2342 When there were no fountains^H4599 abounding^H3513 with water.^H4325

25 ♥ 📝 Before the mountains^H2022 were settled,^H2883 Before^H6440 the hills^H1389 was I brought forth;^H2342

26 ♥ 📝 While as yet he had not made^H6213 the earth,^H776 nor the fields,^H2351 Nor the beginning^H7218 of the dust^H6083 of the world.^H8398

27 ♥ 📝 When he established^H3559 the heavens,^H8064 I was there: When he set^H2710 a circle^H2329 upon the face^H6440 of the deep,^H8415

28 ♥ 📝 When he made firm^H5810 the skies^H7834 above,^H4605 When the fountains^H5869 of the deep^H8415 became strong,^H5810

29 ♥ 📝 When he gave^H7760 to the sea^H3220 its bound,^H2706 That the waters^H4325 should not transgress^H5674 his commandment,^H6310 When he marked^H2710 out the foundations^H4144 of the earth;^H776

30 ♥ 📝 Then I was by him,^H681 [as] a master workman;^H525 And I was daily^H3117 [his] delight,^H8191 Rejoicing^H7832 always^H6256 before^H6440 him,

31 ♥ 📝 Rejoicing^H7832 in his habitable^H8398 earth;^H776 And my delight^H8191 was with the sons^H1121 of men.^H120

32 ♥ 📝 Now therefore, [my] sons,^H1121 hearken^H8085 unto me; For blessed^H835 are they that keep^H8104 my ways.^H1870

33 ♥ 📝 Hear^H8085 instruction,^H4148 and be wise,^H2449 And refuse^H6544 it not.

34 ♥ 📝 Blessed^H835 is the man^H120 that heareth^H8085 me, Watching^H8245 daily^H3117 at my gates,^H1817 Waiting^H8104 at the posts^H4201 of my doors.^H6607

35 ♥ 📝 For whoso findeth^H4672 me findeth^H4672 life,^H2416 And shall obtain^H6329 favor^H7522 of Jehovah.^H3068

36 ♥ 📝 But he that sinneth^H2398 against me wrongeth^H2554 his own soul:^H5315 All they that hate^H8130 me love^H157 death.^H4194