Proverbs 8:4-18

⁴'Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice is unto the sons of men.

⁵Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

⁶Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips is uprightness.

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

⁸In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

⁹All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

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

¹¹For better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

¹²I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.

¹³The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

¹⁴Mine is counsel and substance, I am understanding, I have might.

¹⁵By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,

¹⁶By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.

¹⁷I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.

¹⁸Wealth and honour are with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.