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8:1  Doth not wisdom cry, and give her voice to intelligence?
8:2  She stands in the top of high places, by the way at the crossroads of the paths.
8:3  She cries at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
8:4  Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of men.
8:5  O ye simple, understand prudence; and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
8:6  Hear, for I will speak of excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
8:7  For my mouth shall speak truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8:8  All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing perverse or twisted in them.
8:9  They are all plain to him that understands and right to those that have found wisdom.
8:10  Receive my chastening and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
8:11  For wisdom is better than precious stones; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
8:12  I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I invent the knowledge of giving counsel.
8:13  The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, arrogancy, the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
8:14  With me is counsel, and existence; I am understanding; strength belongs to me.
8:15  By me the kings reign, and the princes decree justice.
8:16  By me the princes rule, and all of the governors judge the earth.
8:17  I love those that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me.
8:18  Riches and honour are with me, yea, durable riches and righteousness.
8:19  My fruit is better than gold, yea, than precious stones, and my revenue than choice silver.
8:20  I shall lead in the way of righteousness in the midst of the paths of judgment,
8:21  that I may cause my friends to inherit existence and I will fill their treasures.
8:22  The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
8:23  I was set up with eternal dominion, from the beginning, before the earth was.
8:24  I was begotten before the depths, before the existence of the fountains of many waters.
8:25  Before the mountains were founded, before the hills was I begotten.
8:26  While as yet he had not made the earth nor the fields nor the beginning of the dust of the world,
8:27  when he composed the heavens, I was there. When he set a compass upon the face of the depth,
8:28  when he established the clouds above, when he strengthened the fountains of the deep,
8:29  when he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth,
8:30  I was with him ordering everything; I was his delight every day, being content before him at all times;
8:31  I am content in the circumference of his earth, and my contentment is with the sons of men.
8:32  Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye sons; for blessed are those that keep my ways.
8:33  Hearken unto chastening, and be wise; refuse it not.
8:34  Blessed is the man that hears me, keeping vigil at my gates, waiting at the threshold of my doors.
8:35  For whosoever finds me shall find life and shall obtain the will of the LORD.
8:36  But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those that hate me love death.