Proverbs 8 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

The Blessings of Wisdom

1 Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? (Job 28:12; Pr 1:20) 2 On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; (Pr 9:3; Pr 9:14) 3 beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: (Job 29:7; Pr 1:21) 4 “To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. (Ps 49:1) 5 O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense. (Pr 1:4; Pr 1:22; Pr 8:12) 6 Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right, (Pr 22:20; Pr 23:16) 7 for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips. (Ps 37:30) 8 All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them. (De 32:5) 9 They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge. (Pr 14:6; 1Co 2:10) 10 Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, (Ps 119:72; Ps 119:127; Pr 3:14; Pr 8:19)

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11 for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her. (Job 28:12; Pr 3:15; Pr 16:16) 12 “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. (Pr 1:4) 13 The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. (Ps 97:10; Pr 2:12; Pr 4:24; Pr 6:17; Pr 16:5; Pr 16:6)

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14 I have counsel and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength. (Ps 89:19; Pr 2:7; Ec 7:19; Isa 9:6; Isa 11:2)

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15 By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just; (Da 2:21; Ro 13:1; Re 19:16) 16 by me princes rule, and nobles, all who govern justly.^[1] 17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me. (1Sa 2:30; Ps 91:14; Pr 1:28; Joh 14:21; Jas 1:5)

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18 Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness. (Ps 112:3; Pr 3:16; Mt 6:33; Lu 16:11; Eph 3:8)

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19 My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver. (Pr 3:14; Pr 8:10; Pr 10:20) 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice, 21 granting an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries. 22 “The Lord possessed^[2] me at the beginning of his work,^[3] the first of his acts of old. (Ge 14:19; Ge 14:22; Job 28:25; Ps 93:2; Ps 104:24; Ps 136:5)

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23 Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. (Ps 2:6; Joh 17:5) 24 When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. (Ge 1:2; Job 15:7; Ps 51:5; Pr 3:20; Pr 8:27)

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25 Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth, (Job 38:6; Ps 90:2) 26 before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world. 27 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, (Job 26:10; Pr 3:19) 28 when he made firm the skies above, when he established^[4] the fountains of the deep, (Ge 1:6) 29 when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, (Ge 1:9; Job 26:10; Ps 104:5) 30 then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his^[5] delight, rejoicing before him always, (Ps 16:3; Zec 13:7; Mt 3:17; Joh 1:1)

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31 rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man. (Ge 1:31; Ps 104:31; Isa 45:18) 32 “And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways. (Ps 119:1; Ps 128:1; Pr 5:7; Pr 7:24; Lu 11:28; 1Jo 3:1)

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33 Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. (Pr 4:1) 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. (Pr 3:13) 35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord, (Pr 3:18; Pr 4:22; Pr 12:2; Pr 18:22; Joh 1:4; Joh 17:3)

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36 but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death.” (Pr 12:1; Pr 15:32; Pr 20:2; Pr 21:6; Pr 29:24)

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الكتاب المقدس

نداء الحكمة

1 أَلا تُنَادِي الْحِكْمَةُ؟ أَلا يَرْتَفِعُ صَوْتُ الْفِطْنَةِ هَاتِفاً؟ 2 إِنَّهَا تَقِفُ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، فِي مُحَاذَاةِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَعِنْدَ مُلْتَقَى الشَّوَارِعِ. 3 إِلَى جُوَارِ أَبْوَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَفِي مَدْخَلِ الثَّغْرِ، تَنْتَصِبُ مُجَاهِرَةً قَائِلَةً: 4 إِيَّاكُمْ أَدْعُو أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ وَأَرْفَعُ صَوْتِي بِالنِّدَاءِ إِلَى كُلِّ بَنِي الْبَشَرِ. 5 أَيُّهَا الْحَمْقَى، تَعَلَّمُوا الْفِطْنَةَ، وَأَيُّهَا الأَغْبِيَاءُ اكْتَسِبُوا فَهْماً. 6 أَنْصِتُوا لأَنَّنِي سَأَنْطِقُ بِأَقْوَالٍ أَثِيرَةٍ، وَأَفْتَحُ شَفَتَيَّ بِكَلامٍ قَوِيمٍ. 7 لأَنَّ فَمِي يَتَكَلَّمُ بِالصِّدْقِ، وَشَفَتَيَّ تَمْقُتَانِ الإِثْمَ. 8 كُلُّ أَقْوَالِ فَمِي عَادِلَةٌ خَالِيَةٌ مِنْ كُلِّ الْتِوَاءٍ وَاعْوِجَاجٍ. 9 قَوِيمَةٌ لَدَى الْفَهِيمِ، وَمُسْتَقِيمَةٌ لِلَّذِينَ أَدْرَكُوا الْمَعْرِفَةَ. 10 اخْتَرْ إِرْشَادِي عِوَضَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَالْمَعْرِفَةَ بَدَلَ الذَّهَبِ الْخَالِصِ. 11 لأَنَّ الْحِكْمَةَ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ اللَّآلِئِ، وَكُلُّ مُشْتَهَيَاتِكَ لَا تُعَادِلُهَا. 12 أَنَا الْحِكْمَةُ أَسْكُنُ التَّعَقُّلَ، وَأَمْلِكُ الْمَعْرِفَةَ وَالتَّدْبِيرَ. 13 مَخَافَةُ الرَّبِّ كَرَاهَةُ الشَّرِّ. أَنَا قَدْ أَبْغَضْتُ الْكِبْرِيَاءَ وَالْغَطْرَسَةَ وَطَرِيقَ السُّوءِ وَفَمَ الْمَكْرِ. 14 لِي الْمَشُورَةُ وَالرَّأْيُ الصَّائِبُ، لِي الْفِطْنَةُ وَالْقُوَّةُ. 15 بِمَعُونَتِي يَحْكُمُ الْمُلُوكُ، وَيَشْتَرِعُ الْحُكَّامُ مَا هُوَ عَدْلٌ. 16 بِمَعُونَتِي يَسُودُ الرُّؤَسَاءُ وَالْعُظَمَاءُ وَكُلُّ قُضَاةِ الأَرْضِ. 17 أُحِبُّ مَنْ يُحِبُّونَنِي، وَمَنْ يَجِدُّ فِي الْبَحْثِ عَنِّي يَعْثُرُ علَيَّ. 18 لَدَيَّ الثَّرَاءُ وَالْمَجْدُ وَالْغِنَى الدَّائِمُ وَالصَّلاحُ. 19 ثَمَرِي أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الْخَالِصِ، وَغَلَّتِي خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ الْمُنْتَقَاةِ. 20 أَمْشِي فِي طَرِيقِ الْبِرِّ، وَفِي سُبُلِ الْعَدْلِ أَسِيرُ. 21 لِكَيْ أَوَرِّثَ مُحِبِّيَّ غِنىً، وَأَمْلأَ خَزَائِنَهُمْ كُنُوزاً. 22 اقْتَنَانِي الرَّبُّ مُنْذُ بَدْءِ خَلْقِهِ، مِنْ قَبْلِ الشُّرُوعِ فِي أَعْمَالِهِ الْقَدِيمَةِ. 23 مُنْذُ الأَزَلِ أَنَا هُوَ، مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُوجَدَ الأَرْضُ. 24 وُلِدْتُ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَتَكَوَّنَ اللُّجَجُ وَالْيَنَابِيعُ الْغَزِيرَةُ الْمِيَاهِ. 25 وُلِدْتُ مِنْ قَبْلِ الْجِبَالِ وَالتِّلالِ. 26 إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ خَلَقَ الأَرْضَ بَعْدُ، وَلا الْبَرَارِيَ وَلا بِدَايَةَ أَتْرِبَةِ الْمَسْكُونَةِ. 27 وَعِنْدَمَا ثَبَّتَ الرَّبُّ السَّمَاءَ، وَحِينَ رَسَمَ دَائِرَةَ الأُفُقِ حَوْلَ وَجْهِ الْغَمْرِ، كُنْتُ هُنَاكَ. 28 عِنْدَمَا ثَبَّتَ السُّحُبَ فِي الْعَلاءِ، وَرَسَّخَ يَنَابِيعَ اللُّجَجِ. 29 عِنْدَمَا قَرَّرَ لِلْبَحْرِ تُخُوماً لَا تَتَجَاوَزُهَا مِيَاهُهُ مُتَعَدِّيَةً عَلَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ، وَحِينَ رَسَمَ أُسُسَ الأَرْضِ، 30 كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ صَانِعاً مُبْدِعاً، وَكُنْتُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ لَذَّتَهُ، أَفِيضُ بَهْجَةً دَائِماً أَمَامَهُ. 31 مُغْتَبِطَةً بِعَالَمِهِ الْمَسْكُونِ، وَمَسَرَّاتِي مَعَ بَنِي آدَمَ. 32 وَالآنَ أَصْغُوا إِلَيَّ أَيُّهَا الأَبْنَاءُ، إِذْ طُوبَى لِمَنْ يُمَارِسُونَ طُرُقِي. 33 اسْتَمِعُوا إِلَى إِرْشَادِي، وَكُونُوا حُكَمَاءَ وَلا تَتَجَاهَلُوهُ. 34 طُوبَى لِلإِنْسَانِ الَّذِي يَسْتَمِعُ إلَيَّ، الْحَرِيصِ عَلَى السَّهَرِ عِنْدَ أَبْوَابِي، حَارِساً قَوَائِمَ مَصَارِيعِي، 35 لأَنَّ مَنْ يَجِدُنِي يَجِدُ حَيَاةً، وَيَحُوزُ عَلَى مَرْضَاةِ الرَّبِّ. 36 وَمَنْ يَضِلُّ عَنِّي يُؤْذِي نَفْسَهُ، وَمَنْ يُبْغِضُنِي يُحِبُّ الْمَوْتَ.