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8:1  Wisdom calls to you like someone shouting; understanding raises her voice.
8:2  On the hilltops along the road and at the crossroads, she stands calling.
8:3  Beside the city gates, at the entrances into the city, she calls out:
8:4  “Listen, everyone, I’m calling out to you; I am shouting to all people.
8:5  You who are uneducated, seek wisdom. You who are foolish, get understanding.
8:6  Listen, because I have important things to say, and what I tell you is right.
8:7  What I say is true, I refuse to speak evil.
8:8  Everything I say is honest; nothing I say is crooked or false.
8:9  People with good sense know what I say is true; and those with knowledge know my words are right.
8:10  Choose my teachings instead of silver, and knowledge rather than the finest gold.
8:11  Wisdom is more precious than rubies. Nothing you could want is equal to it.
8:12  “I am wisdom, and I have good judgment. I also have knowledge and good sense.
8:13  If you respect the Lord, you will also hate evil. I hate pride and bragging, evil ways and lies.
8:14  I have good sense and advice, and I have understanding and power.
8:15  I help kings to govern and rulers to make fair laws.
8:16  Princes use me to lead, and so do all important people who judge fairly.
8:17  I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
8:18  Riches and honor are mine to give. So are wealth and lasting success.
8:19  What I give is better than the finest gold, better than the purest silver.
8:20  I do what is right and follow the path of justice.
8:21  I give wealth to those who love me, filling their houses with treasures.
8:22  “I, wisdom, was with the Lord when he began his work, long before he made anything else.
8:23  I was created in the very beginning, even before the world began.
8:24  I was born before there were oceans, or springs overflowing with water,
8:25  before the hills were there, before the mountains were put in place.
8:26  God had not made the earth or fields, not even the first dust of the earth.
8:27  I was there when God put the skies in place, when he stretched the horizon over the oceans,
8:28  when he made the clouds above and put the deep underground springs in place.
8:29  I was there when he ordered the sea not to go beyond the borders he had set. I was there when he laid the earth’s foundation.
8:30  I was like a child by his side. I was delighted every day, enjoying his presence all the time,
8:31  enjoying the whole world, and delighted with all its people.
8:32  “Now, my children, listen to me, because those who follow my ways are happy.
8:33  Listen to my teaching, and you will be wise; do not ignore it.
8:34  Happy are those who listen to me, watching at my door every day, waiting at my open doorway.
8:35  Those who find me find life, and the Lord will be pleased with them.
8:36  Those who do not find me hurt themselves. Those who hate me love death.”