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Proverbs 8 Verses
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Do you hear Lady Wisdom calling? Can you hear Madame Insight raising her voice? |
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She's taken her stand at First and Main, at the busiest intersection. |
3
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Right in the city square where the traffic is thickest, she shouts, |
4
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"You--I'm talking to all of you, everyone out here on the streets! |
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Listen, you idiots--learn good sense! You blockheads--shape up! |
6
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Don't miss a word of this--I'm telling you how to live well, I'm telling you how to live at your best. |
7
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My mouth chews and savors and relishes truth-- I can't stand the taste of evil! |
8
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You'll only hear true and right words from my mouth; not one syllable will be twisted or skewed. |
9
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You'll recognize this as true--you with open minds; truth-ready minds will see it at once. |
10
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Prefer my life-disciplines over chasing after money, and God-knowledge over a lucrative career. |
11
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For Wisdom is better than all the trappings of wealth; nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her. |
12
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"I am Lady Wisdom, and I live next to Sanity; Knowledge and Discretion live just down the street. |
13
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The Fear-of-GOD means hating Evil, whose ways I hate with a passion-- pride and arrogance and crooked talk. |
14
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Good counsel and common sense are my characteristics; I am both Insight and the Virtue to live it out. |
15
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With my help, leaders rule, and lawmakers legislate fairly; |
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With my help, governors govern, along with all in legitimate authority. |
17
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I love those who love me; those who look for me find me. |
18
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Wealth and Glory accompany me-- also substantial Honor and a Good Name. |
19
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My benefits are worth more than a big salary, even a very big salary; the returns on me exceed any imaginable bonus. |
20
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You can find me on Righteous Road--that's where I walk-- at the intersection of Justice Avenue, |
21
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Handing out life to those who love me, filling their arms with life--armloads of life! |
22
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"GOD sovereignly made me--the first, the basic-- before he did anything else. |
23
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I was brought into being a long time ago, well before Earth got its start. |
24
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I arrived on the scene before Ocean, yes, even before Springs and Rivers and Lakes. |
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Before Mountains were sculpted and Hills took shape, I was already there, newborn; |
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Long before GOD stretched out Earth's Horizons, and tended to the minute details of Soil and Weather, |
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And set Sky firmly in place, I was there. When he mapped and gave borders to wild Ocean, |
28
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built the vast vault of Heaven, and installed the fountains that fed Ocean, |
29
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When he drew a boundary for Sea, posted a sign that said, NO TRESPASSING, And then staked out Earth's foundations, |
30
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I was right there with him, making sure everything fit. Day after day I was there, with my joyful applause, always enjoying his company, |
31
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Delighted with the world of things and creatures, happily celebrating the human family. |
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"So, my dear friends, listen carefully; those who embrace these my ways are most blessed. |
33
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Mark a life of discipline and live wisely; don't squander your precious life. |
34
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Blessed the man, blessed the woman, who listens to me, awake and ready for me each morning, alert and responsive as I start my day's work. |
35
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When you find me, you find life, real life, to say nothing of GOD's good pleasure. |
36
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But if you wrong me, you damage your very soul; when you reject me, you're flirting with death." |