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\c 8
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\v 1 Does not Wisdom call out?
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\q Does not Understanding raise her voice?
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\q
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\v 2 On the hilltops beside the road,
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\q at the crossroads, Wisdom has taken her stand.
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\q
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\v 3 Before the gates at the entrance into the city,
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\q at the entrances into the city, she calls out.
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\q
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\v 4 "It is to you, people, that I call;
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\q my voice is for the sons of mankind.
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\v 5 You who are naive, learn wisdom;
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\q and you who are foolish, you must get an understanding mind.
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\q
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\v 6 Listen, because I will speak of noble things,
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\q and when my lips open I will say upright things.
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\v 7 For my mouth speaks what is trustworthy,
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\q and wickedness is disgusting to my lips.
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\v 8 All the words of my mouth are just;
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\q in them is nothing twisted or misleading.
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\v 9 All of them are straight for the person who understands;
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\q my words are upright for those who find knowledge.
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\v 10 Acquire my instruction rather than silver;
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\q acquire knowledge rather than pure gold.
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\v 11 For Wisdom is better than jewels;
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\q no treasure is equal to her.
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\v 12 I, Wisdom, live with Prudence,
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\q and I possess knowledge and discretion.
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\v 13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil.
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\q I hate pride and arrogance, the evil way,
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\q and perverted speech. I hate them.
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\v 14 I have good advice and sound wisdom;
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\q I am insight; strength belongs to me.
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\v 15 By me kings reign—
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\q also noblemen, and all who govern justly.
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\v 16 By me princes rule,
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\q nobles, and all who govern with justice.
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\v 17 I love those who love me,
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\q and those who diligently seek me, find me.
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\v 18 With me are riches and honor,
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\q lasting wealth and righteousness.
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\v 19 My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold;
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\q my produce is better than pure silver.
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\v 20 I walk in the path of righteousness,
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\q in the midst of the paths of justice.
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\v 21 As a result, I make those who love me inherit wealth;
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\q I fill up their treasuries.
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\v 22 Yahweh created me at the beginning,
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\q the first of his deeds then.
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\v 23 In ages long ago I was made—from the first,
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\q from the beginnings of the earth.
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\v 24 Before there were oceans, I was given birth—
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\q before there were springs abounding with water.
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\v 25 Before the mountains were settled
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\q and before the hills, I was born.
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\v 26 I was born before Yahweh had made the earth or the fields,
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\q or even the first dust in the world.
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\v 27 I was there when he established the heavens,
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\q when he drew a circle on the surface of the deep.
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\v 28 I was there when he established the clouds above and
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\q when the springs in the deep became fixed.
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\v 29 I was there when he made his limit for the sea,
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\q so the waters should not spread beyond his command,
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\q and when there was set the limit for the foundations of the dry land.
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\v 30 I was beside him, as a skilled craftsman;
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\q I was his delight day after day,
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\q always rejoicing before him.
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\v 31 I was rejoicing in his whole world,
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\q and my delight was in the sons of mankind.
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\v 32 And now, my sons, listen to me,
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\q for those who keep my ways will be blessed.
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\v 33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
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\q do not neglect it.
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\v 34 The one who listens to me will be blessed.
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\q He will be watching every day at my doors,
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\q waiting beside the posts of my doors.
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\v 35 For whoever finds me, finds life,
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\q and he will find the favor of Yahweh.
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\v 36 But he who fails, harms his own life;
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\q all who hate me love death."
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