Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Pro 1:20-21Mat 3:3Jhn 7:37Act 1:8Pro 9:1-3Isa 49:1-6Isa 55:1-3Luk 24:47
Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
On the top of high places by the way, Pro 9:14Pro 9:3
where the paths meet, she stands.
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, Job 29:7Act 5:20Jhn 18:20Luk 14:21-23Mat 22:9
at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
“I call to you men! Mat 11:15Jhn 3:16Psa 49:1-3Psa 50:1Rev 22:171Ti 2:4-62Co 5:19-20Col 1:23
I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
You simple, understand prudence! Pro 1:22Act 26:18Pro 9:4Rev 3:17-181Co 6:9-11Pro 1:4Psa 19:71Co 1:28
You fools, be of an understanding heart!
Hear, for I will speak excellent things. Col 1:26Mat 7:28-29Mat 13:35Pro 4:2Pro 23:161Co 2:6-7Job 33:1-3Mat 5:2-12
The opening of my lips is for right things.
For my mouth speaks truth. Psa 37:30Jhn 8:14Jhn 17:17Pro 12:22Jhn 1:17Jhn 18:37Jhn 8:45-46Job 36:4
Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. Jhn 7:46Pro 8:13Psa 12:6Deu 32:5Isa 45:23Isa 63:1
There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
They are all plain to him who understands, Pro 14:6Jas 1:5Jhn 7:17Jhn 6:45Psa 25:12-14Mat 13:11-12Pro 15:24Pro 18:1-2
right to those who find knowledge.
Receive my instruction rather than silver, Pro 2:4-5Psa 119:127Psa 119:72Pro 23:23Pro 3:13-15Act 3:6Ecc 7:11Pro 10:20
knowledge rather than choice gold.
For wisdom is better than rubies. Pro 3:14-15Pro 4:5-7Pro 16:16Psa 119:127Psa 19:10Job 28:15-19Mat 16:26Pro 20:15
All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Isa 28:26Exo 35:30Exo 31:3-6Pro 1:4Rom 11:331Ch 28:19Col 2:3Eph 1:11
Find out knowledge and discretion.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. Psa 97:10Pro 16:61Sa 2:3Pro 4:241Th 5:221Pe 5:5Amo 5:15Psa 119:128
I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. Ecc 7:19Isa 9:6Isa 40:14Rom 11:33-34Col 2:3Ecc 9:16-18Pro 2:6-7Pro 24:5
I have understanding and power.
By me kings reign, Rom 13:1Dan 2:21Mat 28:18Rev 19:16Dan 4:32Dan 5:18-31Dan 7:13-14Jer 27:5-7
and princes decree justice.
By me princes rule,
nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
I love those who love me. Jhn 14:23Jhn 14:21Psa 91:14Isa 55:61Jn 4:191Sa 2:30Mat 7:7-8Mat 6:33
Those who seek me diligently will find me.
With me are riches, honor, Pro 3:16Mat 6:33Luk 16:11-12Php 4:19Eph 3:8Luk 10:42Rev 3:181Ti 6:17-19
enduring wealth, and prosperity.
My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, Pro 10:20Pro 3:14Ecc 7:12Pro 8:10
my yield than choice silver.
I walk in the way of righteousness, Jhn 10:27-28Deu 5:32Psa 32:8Pro 4:11-12Isa 2:3Pro 3:6Pro 6:22Psa 25:4-5
in the middle of the paths of justice,
that I may give wealth to those who love me. 1Pe 1:4Pro 24:4Gen 15:14Mat 25:461Sa 2:8Heb 10:34Pro 1:13Psa 16:11
I fill their treasuries.
“The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his work, Col 1:17Jhn 1:1-2Pro 3:19Psa 104:24Job 28:26-28
before his deeds of old.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Jhn 17:24Gen 1:26Jhn 17:5Mic 5:2Psa 2:61Jn 1:1-2Eph 1:10-11
before the earth existed.
When there were no depths, I was born, 1Jn 4:9Pro 3:20Gen 1:2Heb 1:5Jhn 1:14Jhn 3:16Jhn 5:20Psa 2:7
when there were no springs abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled in place, Psa 90:2Job 15:7-8Job 38:4-11Psa 102:25-28Heb 1:10
before the hills, I was born;
while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Gen 1:1-31
nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
When he established the heavens, I was there. Isa 40:22Job 26:10Pro 3:19Col 1:16Psa 136:5Isa 40:11Jer 10:12Heb 1:2
When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
when he established the clouds above,
when the springs of the deep became strong,
when he gave to the sea its boundary, Psa 104:9Jer 5:22Gen 1:9-10Psa 104:5Psa 33:7Job 38:4-11
that the waters should not violate his commandment,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
then I was the craftsman by his side. Jhn 1:1-3Jhn 1:18Mat 3:17Isa 42:1Jhn 12:28Jhn 16:28Col 1:13Mat 17:5
I was a delight day by day,
always rejoicing before him,
rejoicing in his whole world. Psa 16:3Jhn 13:1Psa 40:6-82Co 8:9Jhn 4:34
My delight was with the sons of men.
“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, Luk 11:28Psa 119:1-2Psa 1:1-4Psa 128:1Pro 5:7Pro 7:24
for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Hear instruction, and be wise. Pro 4:1Psa 81:11-12Pro 1:8Pro 5:1Pro 1:2-3Rom 10:16-17Heb 12:25Isa 55:1-3
Don’t refuse it.
Blessed is the man who hears me, Luk 11:28Mat 7:24Pro 3:13Act 2:42Luk 10:39Psa 27:4Act 17:11-12Psa 84:10
watching daily at my gates,
waiting at my door posts.
For whoever finds me finds life, Jhn 3:361Jn 5:11-12Pro 12:2Php 3:8Jhn 17:3Col 3:3Pro 3:13-18Jhn 14:6
and will obtain favor from the LORD.
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. Pro 15:32Pro 1:311Co 16:22Jhn 15:23-24Pro 12:1Pro 20:2Heb 10:29Jhn 3:19-20
All those who hate me love death.”