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Themes in Proverbs 8
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Themes in Proverbs 8

Proverbs 8:1

Doesn’t Wisdom call out?
Doesn’t Understanding make her voice heard?

Proverbs 8:2

At the heights overlooking the road,
at the crossroads, she takes her stand.

Proverbs 8:3

Beside the gates at the entry to the city,
at the main entrance, she cries out:

Proverbs 8:4

“People, I call out to you;
my cry is to mankind.

Proverbs 8:5

Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;
develop common sense, you who are foolish.

Proverbs 8:6

Listen, for I speak of noble things,
and what my lips say is right.

Proverbs 8:7

For my mouth tells the truth,
and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth are righteous;
none of them are deceptive or perverse.

Proverbs 8:9

All of them are clear to the perceptive,
and right to those who discover knowledge.

Proverbs 8:10

Accept my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than pure gold.

Proverbs 8:11

For wisdom is better than jewels,
and nothing desirable can compare with it.

Proverbs 8:12

I, Wisdom, share a home with shrewdness
and have knowledge and discretion.

Proverbs 8:13

To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.

Proverbs 8:14

I possess good advice and competence;
I have understanding and strength.

Proverbs 8:15

It is by me that kings reign
and rulers enact just law;

Proverbs 8:16

by me, princes lead,
as do nobles and all righteous judges.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me,
and those who search for me find me.

Proverbs 8:18

With me are riches and honor,
lasting wealth and righteousness.

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than solid gold,
and my harvest than pure silver.

Proverbs 8:20

I walk in the way of righteousness,
along the paths of justice,

Proverbs 8:21

giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me,
and filling their treasuries.

Proverbs 8:22

“The Lord made me
at the beginning of His creation,
before His works of long ago.

Proverbs 8:23

I was formed before ancient times,
from the beginning, before the earth began.

Proverbs 8:24

I was born
when there were no watery depths
and no springs filled with water.

Proverbs 8:25

I was delivered
before the mountains and hills were established,

Proverbs 8:26

before He made the land, the fields,
or the first soil on earth.

Proverbs 8:27

I was there when He established the heavens,
when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

Proverbs 8:28

when He placed the skies above,
when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,

Proverbs 8:29

when He set a limit for the sea
so that the waters would not violate His command,
when He laid out the foundations of the earth.

Proverbs 8:30

I was a skilled craftsman beside Him.
I was His delight every day,
always rejoicing before Him.

Proverbs 8:31

I was rejoicing in His inhabited world,
delighting in the human race.

Proverbs 8:32

“And now, my sons, listen to me;
those who keep my ways are happy.

Proverbs 8:33

Listen to instruction and be wise;
don’t ignore it.

Proverbs 8:34

Anyone who listens to me is happy,
watching at my doors every day,
waiting by the posts of my doorway.

Proverbs 8:35

For the one who finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,

Proverbs 8:36

but the one who misses me harms himself;
all who hate me love death.”
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