Proverbs 8:14-26

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁴ Good advice is mine, and common sense;
I am insight, power is mine.
¹⁵ By me kings reign,
and princes make just laws.
¹⁶ By me princes govern,
nobles too, and all the earth’s rulers.
¹⁷ I love those who love me;
and those who seek me will find me.
¹⁸ Riches and honor are with me,
lasting wealth and righteousness.
¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, fine gold,
my produce better than the finest silver.
²⁰ I follow the course of righteousness
along the paths of justice,
²¹ to endow with wealth those who love me
and fill their treasuries.
²² “Adonai made me as the beginning of his way,
the first of his ancient works.
²³ I was appointed before the world,
before the start, before the earth’s beginnings.
²⁴ When I was brought forth, there were no ocean depths,
no springs brimming with water.
²⁵ I was brought forth before the hills,
before the mountains had settled in place;
²⁶ he had not yet made the earth, the fields,
or even the earth’s first grains of dust.