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Proverbs 8 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:1 - Thou shalt proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:2 - For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:3 - For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4 - You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:5 - O ye simple, [fn]understand subtlety, and ye that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6 - Hearken to me; for I will speak solemn truths; and will produce right sayings from my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 - For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:8 - All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:9 - They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 - Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:12 - I wisdom have dwelt with counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13 - The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14 - Counsel and safety are mine: prudence is mine, and strength is mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:15 - By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:16 - By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:17 - I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:18 - Wealth and glory belong to me; yea, abundant possessions and righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - It is better to have my fruit than to have gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:20 - I walk in ways of righteousness, and am conversant with the paths of judgment;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:21 - that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 - The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:23 - He established me [fn]before time was in the beginning, before he made the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25 - before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26 - The Lord made countries and uninhabited tracts, and the highest inhabited parts of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he [fn]prepared his throne upon the winds:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:28 - and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:29 - [fn]and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:30 - I was by him, [fn]suiting myself to him, I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:32 - Now then, my son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:35 - For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and in them is prepared favour from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 - But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.
BES Footnotes
For the use of ἄκατος and πανοῦργος in this book, see Appendix.
Gr. before the age.
Or, marked out.
See Appendix.
Or, arranging all things.
appendix has Alexandrine text as: “And blessed are they that keep my ways.”
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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