1Doth not wisdom cry?
2She standeth in the top of high places by the way,
3She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city,
4Unto you, O men, I call;
5O ye simple, understand wisdom:
6Hear, for I will speak of excellent things;
7For my mouth shall speak truth;
8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
9They are all plain to him that understandeth,
10Receive my instruction, and not silver;
11For wisdom is better than rubies;
12I wisdom dwell with prudence,
13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil:
14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom:
15By me kings reign,
16By me princes rule,
17I love them that love me;
18Riches and honour are with me;
19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold;
20I lead in the way of righteousness,
21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance;
22The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way,
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
24When there were no depths, I was brought forth;
25Before the mountains were settled,
26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,
27When he prepared the heavens, I was there:
28When he established the clouds above:
29When he gave to the sea his decree,
30Then I was by him, as one brought up with him:
31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth;
32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children:
33Hear instruction, and be wise,
34Blessed is the man that heareth me,
35For whoso findeth me findeth life,
36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: