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Proverbs 8 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Doth not wisdom cry,
And understanding put forth her voice?

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On the top of high places by the way,
Where the paths meet, she standeth;

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Beside the gates, at the entry of the city,
At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:

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Unto you, O men, I call;
And my voice is to the sons of men.

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O ye simple, understand prudence;
And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

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Hear, for I will speak excellent things;
And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

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For my mouth shall utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

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They are all plain to him that understandeth,
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Receive my instruction, and not silver;
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For wisdom is better than rubies;
And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

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I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling,
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The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil:
Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

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Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge:
I am understanding; I have might.

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By me kings reign,
And princes decree justice.

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By me princes rule,
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I love them that love me;
And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

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Riches and honor are with me;
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My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold;
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I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice;

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That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance,
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Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way,
Before his works of old.

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I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
Before the earth was.

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When there were no depths, I was brought forth,
When there were no fountains abounding with water.

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Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills was I brought forth;

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While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,
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When he established the heavens, I was there:
When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

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When he made firm the skies above,
When the fountains of the deep became strong,

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When he gave to the sea its bound,
That the waters should not transgress his commandment,
When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

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Then I was by him, as a master workman;
And I was daily his delight,
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Rejoicing in his habitable earth;
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Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me;
For blessed are they that keep my ways.

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Hear instruction, and be wise,
And refuse it not.

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Blessed is the man that heareth me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.

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For whoso findeth me findeth life,
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But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:
All they that hate me love death.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

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Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
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