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Proverbs 8 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Wisdom Calls for a Hearing

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:1 - Listen as Wisdom calls out!
Hear as understanding raises her voice!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:2 - On the hilltop along the road,
she takes her stand at the crossroads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:3 - By the gates at the entrance to the town,
on the road leading in, she cries aloud,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4 - “I call to you, to all of you!
I raise my voice to all people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:5 - You simple people, use good judgment.
You foolish people, show some understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6 - Listen to me! For I have important things to tell you.
Everything I say is right,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 - for I speak the truth
and detest every kind of deception.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:8 - My advice is wholesome.
There is nothing devious or crooked in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:9 - My words are plain to anyone with understanding,
clear to those with knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 - Choose my instruction rather than silver,
and knowledge rather than pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.
Nothing you desire can compare with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:12 - “I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment.
I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13 - All who fear the LORD will hate evil.
Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,
corruption and perverse speech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14 - Common sense and success belong to me.
Insight and strength are mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:15 - Because of me, kings reign,
and rulers make just decrees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:16 - Rulers lead with my help,
and nobles make righteous judgments.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:17 - “I love all who love me.
Those who search will surely find me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:18 - I have riches and honor,
as well as enduring wealth and justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold,
my wages better than sterling silver!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:20 - I walk in righteousness,
in paths of justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:21 - Those who love me inherit wealth.
I will fill their treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 - “The LORD formed me from the beginning,
before he created anything else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:23 - I was appointed in ages past,
at the very first, before the earth began.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - I was born before the oceans were created,
before the springs bubbled forth their waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25 - Before the mountains were formed,
before the hills, I was born—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26 - before he had made the earth and fields
and the first handfuls of soil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - I was there when he established the heavens,
when he drew the horizon on the oceans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:28 - I was there when he set the clouds above,
when he established springs deep in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:29 - I was there when he set the limits of the seas,
so they would not spread beyond their boundaries.
And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:30 - I was the architect at his side.
I was his constant delight,
rejoicing always in his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31 - And how happy I was with the world he created;
how I rejoiced with the human family!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:32 - “And so, my children,[fn] listen to me,
for all who follow my ways are joyful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:33 - Listen to my instruction and be wise.
Don’t ignore it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34 - Joyful are those who listen to me,
watching for me daily at my gates,
waiting for me outside my home!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:35 - For whoever finds me finds life
and receives favor from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 - But those who miss me injure themselves.
All who hate me love death.”
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version read and nobles are judges over the earth.
Hebrew my sons.
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Proverbs Chapter 8 — Additional Translations:

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