Proverbs 8:1-11 ▼

1 Does not Wisdom call, and Understanding raise her voice?

2 On the top of the heights along the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand;

3 By the gates at the approaches of the city, in the entryways she cries aloud:

4 “To you, O people, I call; my appeal is to you mortals.

5 You naive ones, gain prudence, you fools, gain sense.

6 Listen! for noble things I speak; my lips proclaim honest words.

7 Indeed, my mouth utters truth, and my lips abhor wickedness.

8 All the words of my mouth are sincere, none of them wily or crooked;

9 All of them are straightforward to the intelligent, and right to those who attain knowledge.

10 Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

11 [For Wisdom is better than corals, and no treasures can compare with her. ]