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

The Commendation of Wisdom

Pro 8:1

Pro 8:1Does not wisdom call,
And understanding [fn]lift up her voice?

Pro 8:2

Pro 8:2On top of the heights beside the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

Pro 8:3

Pro 8:3Beside the gates, at the opening to the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:

Pro 8:4

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

Pro 8:5

Pro 8:5“O [fn]naive ones, understand prudence;
And, O fools, understand [fn]wisdom.

Pro 8:6

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

Pro 8:7

Pro 8:7“For my mouth will utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Pro 8:8

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

Pro 8:9

Pro 8:9“They are all straightforward to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.

Pro 8:10

Pro 8:10“Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

Pro 8:11

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

Pro 8:12

Pro 8:12“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And I find knowledge and discretion.

Pro 8:13

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

Pro 8:14

Pro 8:14“Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, power is mine.

Pro 8:15

Pro 8:15“By me kings reign,
And rulers decree justice.

Pro 8:16

Pro 8:16“By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge rightly.

Pro 8:17

Pro 8:17“I love those who love me;
And those who diligently seek me will find me.

Pro 8:18

Pro 8:18“Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring wealth and righteousness.

Pro 8:19

Pro 8:19“My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,
And my yield better than choicest silver.

Pro 8:20

Pro 8:20“I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,

Pro 8:21

Pro 8:21To endow those who love me with wealth,
That I may fill their treasuries.

Pro 8:22

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

Pro 8:23

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

Pro 8:24

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

Pro 8:25

Pro 8:25“Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was [fn]brought forth;

Pro 8:26

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

Pro 8:27

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

Pro 8:28

Pro 8:28When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became [fn]fixed,

Pro 8:29

Pro 8:29When 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;

Pro 8:30

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

Pro 8:31

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

Pro 8:32

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

Pro 8:33

Pro 8:33“Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.

Pro 8:34

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

Pro 8:35

Pro 8:35“For he who finds me finds life
And obtains favor from the LORD.

Pro 8:36

Pro 8:36“But he who [fn]sins against me injures himself;
All those who hate me love death.”

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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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The Commendation of Wisdom

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