Thematic Bible
Proverbs 8:1 (show verse)
Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?
Proverbs 8:2 (show verse)
On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand;
Proverbs 8:3 (show verse)
beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
Proverbs 8:4 (show verse)
"To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man.
Proverbs 8:5 (show verse)
O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense.
Proverbs 8:6 (show verse)
Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right,
Proverbs 8:7 (show verse)
for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Proverbs 8:8 (show verse)
All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
Proverbs 8:9 (show verse)
They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
Proverbs 8:10 (show verse)
Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,
Proverbs 8:11 (show verse)
for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire 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 hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
Proverbs 8:14 (show verse)
I have counsel and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength.
Proverbs 8:15 (show verse)
By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just;
Proverbs 8:16 (show verse)
by me princes rule, and nobles, all who govern justly.
Proverbs 8:17 (show verse)
I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently 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 fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.
Proverbs 8:20 (show verse)
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice,
Proverbs 8:21 (show verse)
granting an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.
Proverbs 8:22 (show verse)
"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
Proverbs 8:23 (show verse)
Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning 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 had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth,
Proverbs 8:26 (show verse)
before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world.
Proverbs 8:27 (show verse)
When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
Proverbs 8:28 (show verse)
when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,
Proverbs 8:29 (show verse)
when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
Proverbs 8:30 (show verse)
then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily hisdelight, rejoicing before him always,
Proverbs 8:31 (show verse)
rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man.
Proverbs 8:32 (show verse)
"And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:33 (show verse)
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
Proverbs 8:34 (show verse)
Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
Proverbs 8:35 (show verse)
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD,
Proverbs 8:36 (show verse)
but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death."