17 I (A)love those who love me;
And (B)those who diligently seek me will find me.
18 (C)Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring (D)wealth and righteousness.
19 My fruit is (E)better than gold, even pure gold;
And my yield better than (F)choice silver.
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
21 To endow those who love me with wealth,
That I may (G)fill their treasuries.

22 “The Lord [a]created me (H)at the beginning of His way,
Before His works [b]of old.
23 From eternity I was [c](I)established,
From the beginning, (J)from the earliest times of the earth.

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  1. Proverbs 8:22 Or possessed
  2. Proverbs 8:22 Lit from then
  3. Proverbs 8:23 Or consecrated

17 I love those who love me,(A)
    and those who seek me find me.(B)
18 With me are riches and honor,(C)
    enduring wealth and prosperity.(D)
19 My fruit is better than fine gold;(E)
    what I yield surpasses choice silver.(F)
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,(G)
    along the paths of justice,
21 bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me
    and making their treasuries full.(H)

22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[a][b]
    before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

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  1. Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
  2. Proverbs 8:22 Or The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The Lord brought me forth at the beginning of his work