Proverbs 8:4-28

⁴Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice goeth forth to the sons of men,

⁵Learn, O ye simple, to understand prudence: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

⁶Hear! for of noble things will I speak; and the opening of my lips shall be of what is equitable.

⁷For truth uttereth my palate ever, and the abomination of my lips is wickedness.

⁸In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, there is in them nothing crooked or perverse.

⁹They are all evident to the man of understanding, and correct to those that have obtained knowledge.

¹⁰Accept my correction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

¹¹For wisdom is better than pearls; and all the things that men wish for are not equal to her.

¹²I wisdom dwell with prudence, and the knowledge of discreet thoughts do I discover.

¹³The fear of the Lord is to hate evil, pride and arrogance, and the evil way: and the mouth of perverseness do I hate.

¹⁴Mine are counsel and sound wisdom: I am understanding; mine is might.

¹⁵Through me do kings reign, and chieftains give decrees in righteousness.

¹⁶Through me do princes rule, and the nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

¹⁷I indeed love those that love me: and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.

¹⁸Riches and honor are with me, yea, enduring wealth and righteousness.

¹⁹My fruit is better than gold, and than fine gold; and my products, than choice silver.

²⁰On the road of righteousness do I walk firmly, in the midst the paths of justice:

²¹That I may cause those that love me to inherit a lasting possession; and their treasures will I fill

²²The Lord created me as the beginning of his way, the first of his works from the commencement,

²³From eternity was I appointed chief, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

²⁴When there were yet no depths, was I brought forth; when there were yet no springs laden heavily with water.

²⁵Before the mountains were yet sunk down, before the hills was I brought forth:

²⁶While as yet he had not made the land and open fields, nor the chief of the dust of the world.

²⁷When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle over the face of the deep;

²⁸When he fastened the skies above; when the springs of the deep became strong;