Proverbs 8:1-11

Tree of Life Version

8 Does not wisdom cry out,
and understanding lift her voice?
² On the topmost heights along the way,
at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
³ Beside the gates leading into the city,
at the entrances, she cries aloud:
⁴ “To you, O men, I call out!
My cry is to all mankind!
⁵ O naïve ones, learn prudence!
Fools, gain understanding!
⁶ Listen, for I speak excellent things,
and my lips utter right things.
⁷ For my mouth speaks truth,
and my lips detest wickedness.
⁸ All the words of my mouth are righteous,
Nothing in them is perverse or crooked.
⁹ All of them are straightforward to the discerning,
and right to those who find knowledge.
¹⁰ Receive my instruction instead of silver
and knowledge rather than choice gold.
¹¹ For wisdom is better than jewels,
nothing you desire compares with her.