Proverbs 8:4-13

⁴“To you, O men! do I call, And my voice is to the sons of men!

⁵O ye simple ones! learn wisdom, And ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart!

⁶Hear, for I speak excellent things, And my lips utter that which is right.

⁷For my mouth speaketh truth, And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

⁸All the words of my mouth are in uprightness; There is nothing crooked or deceitful in them;

⁹They are all plain to the man of understanding, And right to those who find knowledge.

¹⁰Receive my instruction, and not silver. And knowledge rather than choice gold!

¹¹For wisdom is better than pearls, And no precious things are to be compared with her.

¹²“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out the knowledge of sagacious counsels.

¹³The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, And the deceitful mouth, do I hate.