Proverbs 8:17-25

¹⁷I love those who love me, and those who really look for me will find me.

¹⁸With me go riches and honor, lasting wealth and prosperity.

¹⁹The fruit I produce is better than gold, even pure gold, and my harvest is better than even the best silver.

²⁰I live in a way that's right; I follow the paths of justice.

²¹I grant wealth to those who love me; I fill their treasure storehouses.

²²The Lord created me first of all; I was made before anything else.

²³I was formed a long time ago, at the first, before the world began.

²⁴I was born when there were no ocean depths, when there were no springs pouring out water.

²⁵I was born before the mountains or the hills had been formed,