She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and showeth her words through the city, saying,

With wisdom hath the LORD laid the foundation of the earth, and through understanding hath he established the heavens.

Through his wisdom the depths break up, and the clouds drop down of the dew.

Her feet go down unto death, and her steps pierce through unto hell.

For out of the window of my house I looked through the trellis,

Through me, kings reign: through me, princes make just laws.

Through me, lords bear rule, and all judges of the earth execute judgment.

For through me thy days shall be prolonged, and the years of thy life shall be many.

Through the mouth of the dissembler is his neighbour destroyed; but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

The wicked falleth into the snare through the malice of his own mouth; but the just shall escape out of peril.

The words of a slanderer are very wounds, and go through unto the inmost parts of the body.

Through counsel the things that men devise go forward; and with discretion ought wars to be taken in hand.

The lantern of the LORD is the breath of man; and goeth through all the inward parts of the body.

Through wisdom a house shall be builded, and with understanding it shall be set up.

Through discretion shall the chambers be filled with all costly and pleasant riches.

Because of sin the land doth oft change her prince; but through men of understanding and wisdom a realm endureth long.

Lest I be so full, I deny thee, and say, "What fellow is the LORD?" And lest I, being constrained through poverty, fall unto stealing and foreswear the name of my God.

Through three things the earth is disquieted, and the fourth may it not bear:

through a servant that beareth rule, through a fool that hath great riches,

through an idle housewife, and through a handmaiden that is heir to her mistress.