Proverbs 8:1-18 ▼

1 Doth not wysdome crye? doth not vnderstanding put foorth her voyce?

2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the place of the pathes:

3 She cryeth at the gates of the citie, at the entrye of the doores:

4 It is you O ye men saith she whom I call, vnto the chyldren of men do I lyft vp my voyce.

5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.

6 Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right:

7 For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse.

8 All the wordes of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowardnes nor falsehood in them.

9 They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande, and right to them that finde knowledge.

10 Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde:

11 For wysdome is more worth then pretious stones, yea all thinges that thou canst desire, may not be compared vnto it.

12 I wysdome dwell with counsell, and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding.

13 The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes, pryde, disdayne, and the euil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre.

14 Counsell is mine, and direction, I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.

15 Through me kinges raigne, and princes make iust lawes.

16 By me princes beare rule, and noble men do iudge the earth.

17 I am louing vnto those that loue me: and they that seeke me early, shall finde me.

18 Riches and honour are with me, yea durable riches and righteousnes.