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Proverbs 8 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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The Commendation of Wisdom

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:1 - Does not wisdom call,
And understanding [fn]lift up her voice?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:2 - On top of the heights beside the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:3 - Beside the gates, at the opening to the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4 - “To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:5 - “O [fn]naive ones, understand prudence;
And, O fools, understand [fn]wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6 - “Listen, for I will speak noble things;
And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 - “For my mouth will utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:8 - “All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:9 - “They are all straightforward to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 - “Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - “For wisdom is better than [fn]jewels;
And all desirable things cannot compare with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:12 - “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And I find knowledge and discretion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13 - “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14 - “Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, power is mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:15 - “By me kings reign,
And rulers decree justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:16 - “By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge rightly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:17 - “I love those who love me;
And those who diligently seek me will find me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:18 - “Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring wealth and righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - “My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,
And my yield better than choicest silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:20 - “I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:21 - To endow those who love me with wealth,
That I may fill their treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 - “The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works [fn]of old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:23 - “From everlasting I was [fn]established,
From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - “When there were no depths I was [fn]brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25 - “Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was [fn]brought forth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26 - While He had not yet made the earth and the [fn]fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - “When He established the heavens, I was there,
When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:28 - When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became [fn]fixed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:29 - When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His [fn]command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:30 - Then I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight,
[fn]Rejoicing always before Him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31 - [fn]Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having my delight in the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:32 - “Now therefore, O sons, listen to me,
For blessed are they who keep my ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:33 - “Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34 - “Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:35 - “For he who finds me finds life
And obtains favor from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 - “But he who [fn]sins against me injures himself;
All those who hate me love death.”
See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: give
Literally: simple
Literally: heart
Literally: corals
Literally: from then
Or, consecrated
Or, born
Or, born
Literally: outside places
Literally: strong
Literally: mouth
Or, Playing
Or, Playing
Or, misses me
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New American Standard Bible 1995
Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
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For more information on this translation, see the NASB95 Preface.

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