| Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Doesn't wisdom call out? Doesn't understanding make her voice heard? | 1Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice? |
| 2At the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads, she takes her stand. | 2On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. |
| 3Beside the gates leading into the city, at the main entrance, she cries out: | 3Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: |
| 4"People, I call out to you; my cry is to the children of Adam. | 4“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men. |
| 5Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish. | 5O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding. |
| 6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right. | 6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right. |
| 7For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips. | 7For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips. |
| 8All the words from my mouth are righteous; none of them are deceptive or perverse. | 8All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse. |
| 9All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge. | 9They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge. |
| 10Accept my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. | 10Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. |
| 11For wisdom is better than jewels, and nothing desirable can equal it. | 11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her. |
| 12I, wisdom, share a home with shrewdness and have knowledge and discretion. | 12I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. |
| 13To fear the LORD is to hate evil. I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech. | 13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech. |
| 14I possess good advice and sound wisdom; I have understanding and strength. | 14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength. |
| 15It is by me that kings reign and rulers enact just law; | 15By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws; |
| 16by me, princes lead, as do nobles and all righteous judges. | 16By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly. |
| 17I love those who love me, and those who search for me find me. | 17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me. |
| 18With me are riches and honor, lasting wealth and righteousness. | 18With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness. |
| 19My fruit is better than solid gold, and my harvest than pure silver. | 19My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver. |
| 20I walk in the ways of righteousness, along the paths of justice, | 20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, |
| 21giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries. | 21bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full. |
| 22"The LORD acquired me at the beginning of his creation, before his works of long ago. | 22The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old. |
| 23I was formed before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began. | 23From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began. |
| 24I was born when there were no watery depths and no springs filled with water. | 24When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water. |
| 25Before the mountains were established, prior to the hills, I was given birth-- | 25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth, |
| 26before he made the land, the fields, or the first soil on earth. | 26before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth. |
| 27I was there when he established the heavens, when he laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean, | 27I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, |
| 28when he placed the skies above, when the fountains of the ocean gushed out, | 28when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, |
| 29when 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. | 29when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth. |
| 30I was a skilled craftsman beside him. I was his delight every day, always rejoicing before him. | 30Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence. |
| 31I was rejoicing in his inhabited world, delighting in the children of Adam. | 31I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men. |
| 32"And now, sons, listen to me; those who keep my ways are happy. | 32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways. |
| 33Listen to instruction and be wise; don't ignore it. | 33Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. |
| 34Anyone who listens to me is happy, watching at my doors every day, waiting by the posts of my doorway. | 34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway. |
| 35For the one who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD, | 35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD. |
| 36but the one who misses me harms himself; all who hate me love death." | 36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.” |
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