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8:1  Doesn't Wisdom call out? Doesn't Understanding make her voice heard?
8:2  At the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
8:3  Beside the gates at the entry to the city, at the main entrance, she cries out:"
8:4  People, I call out to you; my cry is to mankind.
8:5  Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.
8:6  Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right.
8:7  For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
8:8  All the words of my mouth are righteous; none of them are deceptive or perverse.
8:9  All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge.
8:10  Accept my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
8:11  For wisdom is better than jewels, and nothing desirable can compare with it.
8:12  I, Wisdom, share a home with shrewdness and have knowledge and discretion.
8:13  To fear the LORD is to hate evil. I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
8:14  I possess good advice and competence; I have understanding and strength.
8:15  It is by me that kings reign and rulers enact just law;
8:16  by me, princes lead, as do nobles and all righteous judges.
8:17  I love those who love me, and those who search for me find me.
8:18  With me are riches and honor, lasting wealth and righteousness.
8:19  My fruit is better than solid gold, and my harvest than pure silver.
8:20  I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
8:21  giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries."
8:22  The LORD made me at the beginning of His creation, before His works of long ago.
8:23  I was formed before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began.
8:24  I was born when there were no watery depths and no springs filled with water.
8:25  I was delivered before the mountains and hills were established,
8:26  before He made the land, the fields, or the first soil on earth.
8:27  I was there when He established the heavens, when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,
8:28  when He placed the skies above, when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,
8:29  when He set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate His command, when He laid out the foundations of the earth.
8:30  I was a skilled craftsman beside Him. I was His delight every day, always rejoicing before Him.
8:31  I was rejoicing in His inhabited world, delighting in the human race."
8:32  And now, my sons, listen to me; those who keep my ways are happy.
8:33  Listen to instruction and be wise; don't ignore it.
8:34  Anyone who listens to me is happy, watching at my doors every day, waiting by the posts of my doorway.
8:35  For the one who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD,
8:36  but the one who misses me harms himself; all who hate me love death."