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The Commendation of Wisdom |
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| Proverbs 8:1 |
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Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift
up her voice? |
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| Proverbs 8:2 |
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On top of the heights beside the way, Where
the paths meet, she takes her stand; |
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| Proverbs 8:3 |
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Beside the gates, at the opening to the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries out: |
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| Proverbs 8:4 |
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"To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the
sons of men. |
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| Proverbs 8:5 |
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"O naive ones, understand prudence; And, O fools,
understand wisdom. |
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| Proverbs 8:6 |
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"Listen, for I will speak noble things; And
the opening of my lips will reveal right things. |
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| Proverbs 8:7 |
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"For my mouth will utter truth; And wickedness
is an abomination to my lips. |
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| Proverbs 8:8 |
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"All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing crooked or perverted in them. |
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| Proverbs 8:9 |
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"They are all straightforward to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge. |
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| Proverbs 8:10 |
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"Take my instruction and not silver, And knowledge
rather than choicest gold. |
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| Proverbs 8:11 |
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"For wisdom is better than jewels; And all desirable
things cannot compare with her. |
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| Proverbs 8:12 |
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"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find
knowledge and discretion. |
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| Proverbs 8:13 |
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"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride
and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate. |
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| Proverbs 8:14 |
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"Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding,
power is mine. |
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| Proverbs 8:15 |
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"By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice.
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| Proverbs 8:16 |
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"By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge
rightly. |
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| Proverbs 8:17 |
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"I love those who love me; And those who diligently
seek me will find me. |
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| Proverbs 8:18 |
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"Riches and honor are with me, Enduring wealth
and righteousness. |
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| Proverbs 8:19 |
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"My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,
And my yield better than choicest silver. |
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| Proverbs 8:20 |
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"I walk in the way of righteousness, In the
midst of the paths of justice, |
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| Proverbs 8:21 |
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To endow those who love me with wealth, That
I may fill their treasuries. |
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| Proverbs 8:22 |
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"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His
way, Before His works of old. |
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| Proverbs 8:23 |
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"From everlasting I was established, From the
beginning, from the earliest times of the earth. |
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| Proverbs 8:24 |
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"When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water. |
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| Proverbs 8:25 |
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"Before the mountains were settled, Before the
hills I was brought forth; |
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| Proverbs 8:26 |
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While He had not yet made the earth and the
fields, Nor the first dust of the world. |
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| Proverbs 8:27 |
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"When He established the heavens, I was there,
When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, |
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| Proverbs 8:28 |
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When He made firm the skies above, When the
springs of the deep became fixed, |
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| Proverbs 8:29 |
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When He set for the sea its boundary So that
the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations
of the earth; |
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| Proverbs 8:30 |
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Then I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, |
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| Proverbs 8:31 |
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Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having
my delight in the sons of men. |
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| Proverbs 8:32 |
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"Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, For blessed
are they who keep my ways. |
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| Proverbs 8:33 |
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"Heed instruction and be wise, And do not neglect
it. |
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| Proverbs 8:34 |
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"Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching
daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts. |
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| Proverbs 8:35 |
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"For he who finds me finds life And obtains
favor from the LORD. |
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| Proverbs 8:36 |
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"But he who sins against me injures himself;
All those who hate me love death." |
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