Dual Panel1Does not <03808> wisdom <02451> call <07121> out? Does not understanding <08394> raise <05414> her voice <06963>?
2At the top <07218> of the elevated <04791> places along <05921> the way <01870>, at the intersection <01004> of the paths <05410> she takes <05324> her stand <05324>;
3beside <03027> the gates <08179> opening <06310> into the city <07176>, at the entrance <03996> of the doorways <06607> she cries out <07442>:
4“To <0413> you, O people <0376>, I call <07121> out, and my voice <06963> calls to <0413> all mankind <0120> <01121>.
5You who are naive <06612>, discern <0995> wisdom <06195>! And you fools <03684>, understand <0995> discernment <03820>!
6Listen <08085>, for <03588> I will speak <01696> excellent things <05057>, and my lips <08193> will utter <04669> what is right <04339>.
7For <03588> my mouth <02441> speaks <01897> truth <0571>, and my lips <08193> hate <08441> wickedness <07562>.
8All <03605> the words <0561> of my mouth <06310> are righteous <06664>; there is nothing <0369> in them twisted <06617> or crooked <06141>.
9All <03605> of them are clear <05228> to the discerning <0995> and upright <03477> to those who find <04672> knowledge <01847>.
10Receive <03947> my instruction <04148> rather than <0408> silver <03701>, and knowledge <01847> rather than choice <0977> gold <02742>.
11For <03588> wisdom <02451> is better <02896> than rubies <06443>, and desirable <02656> things <03605> cannot <03808> be compared <07737> to her.
12“I <0589>, wisdom <02451>, live <07931> with prudence <06195>, and I find <04672> knowledge <01847> and discretion <04209>.
13The fear <03374> of the Lord <03068> is to hate <08130> evil <07451>; I hate <08130> arrogant <01344> pride <01347> and the evil <07451> way <01870> and perverse <08419> utterances <06310>.
14Counsel <06098> and sound wisdom <08454> belong to me; I <0589> possess understanding <0998> and might <01369>.
15Kings <04428> reign <04427> by means of me, and potentates <07336> decree <02710> righteousness <06664>;
16by me princes <08269> rule <08323>, as well as nobles <05081> and all <03605> righteous judges <08199>.
17I <0589> love <0157> those who love <0157> me, and those who seek <07836> me find <04672> me.
18Riches <06239> and honor <03519> are with <0854> me, long-lasting <06276> wealth <01952> and righteousness <06666>.
19My fruit <06529> is better <02896> than the purest <06337> gold <02742>, and what I produce <08393> is better than choice <0977> silver <03701>.
20I walk <01980> in <08432> the path <0734> of righteousness <06666>, in the pathway <05410> of justice <04941>,
21that I may cause those who love <0157> me to inherit <05157> wealth <03426>, and that I may fill <04390> their treasuries <0214>.
22The Lord <03068> created <07069> me as the beginning <07225> of his works <01870>, before <06924> his deeds <04659> of long ago <0227>.
23From eternity <05769> I was appointed <05258>, from the beginning <07218>, from before <06924> the world <0776> existed.
24When there were no <0369> deep <08415> oceans I was born <02342>, when there were no <0369> springs <04599> overflowing <03513> with water <04325>;
25before <02962> the mountains <02022> were set <02883> in place– before <06440> the hills <01389>– I was born <02342>,
26before <05704> he made <06213> the earth <0776> and its fields <02351>, or the beginning <07218> of the dust <06083> of the world <08398>.
27When he established <03559> the heavens <08064>, I <0589> was there <08033>; when he marked out <02710> the horizon <02329> over <05921> the face <06440> of the deep <08415>,
28when he established <0553> the clouds <07834> above <04605>, when the fountains <05869> of the deep <08415> grew strong <05810>,
29when he gave <07760> the sea <03220> his decree <02706> that the waters <04325> should not <03808> pass over <05674> his command <06310>, when he marked out <02710> the foundations <04144> of the earth <0776>,
30then I was <01961> beside <0681> him as a master craftsman <0525>, and I was <01961> his delight <08191> day <03117> by day <03117>, rejoicing <07832> before <06440> him at all <03605> times <06256>,
31rejoicing <07832> in the habitable part <08398> of his earth <0776>, and delighting <08191> in <0854> its people <0120> <01121>.
32“So now <06258>, children <01121>, listen <08085> to me; blessed <0835> are those who keep <08104> my ways <01870>.
33Listen <08085> to my instruction <04148> so that you may be wise <02449>, and do not <0408> neglect <06544> it.
34Blessed <0835> is the one <0120> who listens <08085> to me, watching <08245> at <05921> my doors <01817> day <03117> by day <03117>, waiting <08104> beside my doorway <06607> <04201>.
35For <03588> the one who finds <04672> me finds <04672> life <02416> and receives <06329> favor <07522> from the Lord <03068>.
36But the one who does not find <02398> me brings harm <02554> to himself <05315>; all <03605> who hate <08130> me love <0157> death <04194>.”