Proverbs 8
1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice?
Doth not wisedome crie? and vnderstanding vtter her voyce?
2 On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand.
She standeth in the top of the high places by the way in the place of the paths.
3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud.
She cryeth besides the gates before the citie at the entrie of the doores,
4 Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man:
O men, I call vnto you, and vtter my voyce to the children of men.
5 O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense.
O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.
6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Giue eare, for I will speake of excellent things, and the opening of my lippes, shall teache things that be right.
7 For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
For my mouth shall speake the trueth, and my lippes abhorre wickednesse.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.
All the wordes of my mouth are righteous: there is no lewdenes, nor frowardnesse in them.
9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
They are all plaine to him that will vnderstande, and streight to them that woulde finde knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold:
Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.
11 for wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it.
For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.
12 I wisdom dwell [with] prudence, and find the knowledge [which cometh] of reflection.
I wisdome dwell with prudence, and I find foorth knowledge and counsels.
13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.
14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am intelligence; I have strength.
I haue counsell and wisedome: I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.
15 By me kings reign, and rulers make just decrees;
By me, Kings reigne, and princes decree iustice.
16 by me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth.
By me princes rule and the nobles, and all the iudges of the earth.
17 I love those that love me; and they that seek me early shall find me.
I loue them that loue me: and they that seeke me earely, shall finde me.
18 Riches and honour are with me; durable wealth and righteousness.
Riches and honour are with me: euen durable riches and righteousnesse.
19 My fruit is better than fine gold, yea, than pure gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
My fruite is better then golde, euen then fine golde, and my reuenues better then fine siluer.
20 I walk in the path of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
I cause to walke in the way of righteousnes, and in the middes of the paths of iudgement,
21 that I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasuries.
That I may cause them that loue me, to inherite substance, and I will fill their treasures.
22 Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
The Lord hath possessed me in the beginning of his way: I was before his workes of olde.
23 I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
I was set vp from euerlasting, from the beginning and before the earth.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.
When there were no depths, was I begotten, when there were no fountaines abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
Before the mountaines were setled: and before the hilles, was I begotten.
26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
He had not yet made the earth, nor the open places, nor the height of the dust in the worlde.
27 When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;
When hee prepared the heauens, I was there, when he set the compasse vpon the deepe.
28 when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;
When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,
29 when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
When he gaue his decree to the Sea, that the waters shoulde not passe his commandement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth,
30 then I was by him [his] nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Then was I with him as a nourisher, and I was dayly his delight reioycing alway before him,
31 rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men.
And tooke my solace in the compasse of his earth: and my delite is with the children of men.
32 And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways:
Therefore nowe hearken, O children, vnto me: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.
33 hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not:
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
blessed is the man that heareth mee, watching dayly at my gates, and giuing attendance at the postes of my doores.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;
For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shall obteine fauour of the Lord.
36 but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and all that hate me, loue death.
