Christian Community Bible
Proverbs
Wisdom calls
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:B:1 Who calls? Is it not Wisdom?
1 Who lifts up her voice?
2 Is it not Knowledge?
2 She shouts from the hilltops
2 and waits by the crossroads
3 in the vicinity of the city gates she speaks,
4 To you, people, I call,
4 for my message is directed to all that live,
5 so that the ignorant may learn
5 and the thoughtless come to their senses.
6 Listen to me for I speak of vital things
6 and everything I say is true.
7 Truthful words come from my mouth
7 and my lips do not lend themselves to evil.
8 All my words are right,
8 none are twisted or deceitful.
9 The intelligent will verify their truth,
9 the wise perceive their sincerity.
10 Prefer my teaching to silver
10 and seek wisdom rather than gold,
11 because wisdom has more value than any jewel
11 and all that you may desire cannot equal it.
12 I, Wisdom, dwell with discretion
12 and count prudence among my friends.
13 The fear of Yahweh is rejection of evil.
13 I hate all pride, arrogance, wicked ways and lies,
14 but I love counsel, discretion, prudence and strength.
15 Kings reign by my power,
15 their ministers issue just laws
16 by me princes govern,
16 and the great and noble of the earth as well.
17 I love those who love me
17 and go to meet those who seek me.
18 Riches and honor are with me,
18 true well-being and upright living.
19 More precious than silver and gold
19 are my fruit and my yield.
20 I proceed on the path of righteousness
20 and make use of the ways of justice,
21 giving riches to those who love me,
21 and filling their cellars.
Yahweh formed me at the beginning
:B:22 Yahweh created me first,
22 at the beginning of his works.
23 He formed me from of old,
23 from eternity, even before the earth.
24 The abyss did not exist when I was born,
24 the springs of the sea had not gushed forth,
25 the mountains were still not set in their place
25 nor the hills, when I was born
26 before he made the earth or countryside,
26 or the first grains of the worlds dust.
27 I was there when he made the skies
27 and drew the earths compass on the abyss,
28 when he formed the clouds above
28 and when the springs of the ocean emerged
29 when he made the sea with its limits,
29 that it might not overflow.
29 When he laid the foundations of the earth,
30 I was close beside him,
30 the designer of his works,
30 and I was his daily delight,
30 forever playing in his presence,
31 playing throughout the world
31 and delighting to be with humans.
32 Now then, my sons, listen to me:
32 happy are those who follow my ways.
33 Listen to my teaching and gain wisdom
33 do not ignore it.
34 Happy are those who listen to me
34 and wait at my gates every day,
34 watching, close to my threshold.
35 Those who find me find life:
35 theirs is Yahwehs blessing.
36 Those who offend me will undergo affliction
36 they hate me for they love death.
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