| 1절 | Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice?
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| 2절 | She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, Beside the way, where the paths meet.
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| 3절 | She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors：
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| 4절 | \"To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men.
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| 5절 | O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
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| 6절 | Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things;
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| 7절 | For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
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| 8절 | All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.
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| 9절 | They are all plain to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge.
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| 10절 | Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold;
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| 11절 | For wisdom is better than rubies, And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.
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| 12절 | \"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion.
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| 13절 | The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.
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| 14절 | Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength.
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| 15절 | By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice.
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| 16절 | By me princes rule, and nobles, All the judges of the earth.
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| 17절 | I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.
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| 18절 | Riches and honor are with me, Enduring riches and righteousness.
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| 19절 | My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, And my revenue than choice silver.
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| 20절 | I traverse the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,
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| 21절 | That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.
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| 22절 | \"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
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| 23절 | I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
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| 24절 | When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.
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| 25절 | Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth;
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| 26절 | While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primeval dust of the world.
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| 27절 | When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
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| 28절 | When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
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| 29절 | When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth,
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| 30절 | Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him,
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| 31절 | Rejoicing in His inhabited world, And my delight was with the sons of men.
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| 32절 | \"Now therefore, listen to me, my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways.
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| 33절 | Hear instruction and be wise, And do not disdain it.
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| 34절 | Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
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| 35절 | For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the LORD;
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| 36절 | But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; All those who hate me love death.\"
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