Thematic Bible
Proverbs 8:1 (show verse)
Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
Proverbs 8:2 (show verse)
At the top of the elevated places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she takes her stand;
Proverbs 8:3 (show verse)
beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:
Proverbs 8:4 (show verse)
"To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind.
Proverbs 8:5 (show verse)
You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!
Proverbs 8:6 (show verse)
Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.
Proverbs 8:7 (show verse)
For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.
Proverbs 8:8 (show verse)
All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.
Proverbs 8:9 (show verse)
All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.
Proverbs 8:10 (show verse)
Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Proverbs 8:11 (show verse)
For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her.
Proverbs 8:12 (show verse)
"I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs 8:13 (show verse)
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
Proverbs 8:14 (show verse)
Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.
Proverbs 8:15 (show verse)
Kings reign by means of me, and potentates decree righteousness;
Proverbs 8:16 (show verse)
by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.
Proverbs 8:17 (show verse)
I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
Proverbs 8:18 (show verse)
Riches and honor are with me, long-lasting wealth and righteousness.
Proverbs 8:19 (show verse)
My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver.
Proverbs 8:20 (show verse)
I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,
Proverbs 8:21 (show verse)
that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, and that I may fill their treasuries.
Proverbs 8:22 (show verse)
The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.
Proverbs 8:23 (show verse)
From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed.
Proverbs 8:24 (show verse)
When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;
Proverbs 8:25 (show verse)
before the mountains were set in place -- before the hills -- I was born,
Proverbs 8:26 (show verse)
before he made the earth and its fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world.
Proverbs 8:27 (show verse)
When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,
Proverbs 8:28 (show verse)
when he established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong,
Proverbs 8:29 (show verse)
when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
Proverbs 8:30 (show verse)
then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,
Proverbs 8:31 (show verse)
rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.
Proverbs 8:32 (show verse)
"So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:33 (show verse)
Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.
Proverbs 8:34 (show verse)
Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.
Proverbs 8:35 (show verse)
For the one who finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 8:36 (show verse)
But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."