Proverbs 8:1-7

Christian Standard Bible

8 Doesn’t wisdom^(A) call out?
Doesn’t understanding make her voice heard?
² At the heights overlooking the road,
at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
³ Beside the gates^(B) leading into the city,
at the main entrance, she cries out:
⁴ “People, I call out to you;
my cry is to the children of Adam.
⁵ Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;
develop common sense, you who are foolish.
⁶ Listen, for I speak of noble things,
and what my lips say is right.
⁷ For my mouth tells the truth,^(C)
and wickedness is detestable to my lips.