Thematic Bible




Proverbs 8:1 (show verse)

Does not wisdom call,
And understanding lift up her voice?

Proverbs 8:2 (show verse)

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

Proverbs 8:3 (show verse)

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

Proverbs 8:4 (show verse)

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

Proverbs 8:5 (show verse)

“O naive ones, understand prudence;
And, O fools, understand wisdom.

Proverbs 8:6 (show verse)

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

Proverbs 8:7 (show verse)

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

Proverbs 8:8 (show verse)

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

Proverbs 8:9 (show verse)

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

Proverbs 8:10 (show verse)

“Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

Proverbs 8:11 (show verse)

“For wisdom is better than jewels;
And all desirable things cannot compare with her.

Proverbs 8:12 (show verse)

“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And I find knowledge and discretion.

Proverbs 8:13 (show verse)

“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.

Proverbs 8:14 (show verse)

Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, power is mine.

Proverbs 8:15 (show verse)

“By me kings reign,
And rulers decree justice.

Proverbs 8:16 (show verse)

“By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge rightly.

Proverbs 8:17 (show verse)

“I love those who love me;
And those who diligently seek me will find me.

Proverbs 8:18 (show verse)

Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring wealth and righteousness.

Proverbs 8:19 (show verse)

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

Proverbs 8:20 (show verse)

“I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,

Proverbs 8:21 (show verse)

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

Proverbs 8:22 (show verse)

“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.

Proverbs 8:23 (show verse)

“From everlasting I was established,
From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

Proverbs 8:24 (show verse)

“When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water.

Proverbs 8:25 (show verse)

Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was brought forth;

Proverbs 8:26 (show verse)

While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.

Proverbs 8:27 (show verse)

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

Proverbs 8:28 (show verse)

When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became fixed,

Proverbs 8:29 (show verse)

When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

Proverbs 8:30 (show verse)

Then I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,

Proverbs 8:31 (show verse)

Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having my delight in the sons of men.

Proverbs 8:32 (show verse)

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

Proverbs 8:33 (show verse)

Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.

Proverbs 8:34 (show verse)

Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.

Proverbs 8:35 (show verse)

“For he who finds me finds life
And obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 8:36 (show verse)

“But he who sins against me injures himself;
All those who hate me love death.”