Proverbs 8:1-9 ▼

1 Doesn’t wisdom call out? Doesn’t understanding make her voice heard?

2 At the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads, she takes her stand.

3 Beside the gates leading into the city, at the main entrance, she cries out:

4 “People, I call out to you; my cry is to the children of Adam.

5 Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.

6 Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right.

7 For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

8 All the words from my mouth are righteous; none of them are deceptive or perverse.

9 All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge.