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Listen! Wisdom is calling out. Reason is making herself heard. |
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On the hilltops near the road and at the crossroads she stands. |
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At the entrance to the city, beside the gates, she calls: |
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"I appeal to all of you; I call to everyone on earth. |
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Are you immature? Learn to be mature. Are you foolish? Learn to have sense. |
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Listen to my excellent words; all I tell you is right. |
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What I say is the truth; lies are hateful to me. |
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Everything I say is true; nothing is false or misleading. |
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To those with insight, it is all clear; to the well-informed, it is all plain. |
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Choose my instruction instead of silver; choose knowledge rather than the finest gold. |
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"I am Wisdom, I am better than jewels; nothing you want can compare with me. |
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I am Wisdom, and I have insight; I have knowledge and sound judgment. |
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To honor the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and false words. |
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I make plans and carry them out. I have understanding, and I am strong. |
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I help kings to govern and rulers to make good laws. |
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Every ruler on earth governs with my help, officials and nobles alike. |
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I love those who love me; whoever looks for me can find me. |
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I have riches and honor to give, prosperity and success. |
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What you get from me is better than the finest gold, better than the purest silver. |
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I walk the way of righteousness; I follow the paths of justice, |
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giving wealth to those who love me, filling their houses with treasures. |
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"The LORD created me first of all, the first of his works, long ago. |
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I was made in the very beginning, at the first, before the world began. |
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I was born before the oceans, when there were no springs of water. |
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I was born before the mountains, before the hills were set in place, |
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before God made the earth and its fields or even the first handful of soil. |
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I was there when he set the sky in place, when he stretched the horizon across the ocean, |
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when he placed the clouds in the sky, when he opened the springs of the ocean |
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and ordered the waters of the sea to rise no further than he said. I was there when he laid the earth's foundations. |
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I was beside him like an architect, I was his daily source of joy, always happy in his presence--- |
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happy with the world and pleased with the human race. |
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"Now, young people, listen to me. Do as I say, and you will be happy. |
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Listen to what you are taught. Be wise; do not neglect it. |
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Those who listen to me will be happy--- those who stay at my door every day, waiting at the entrance to my home. |
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Those who find me find life, and the LORD will be pleased with them. |
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Those who do not find me hurt themselves; anyone who hates me loves death." |
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