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Listen to Wisdom![a]

Listen! Wisdom is calling out. She wants you to understand what is right, so she speaks in a loud voice. She stands where people will hear her, on the hills along the road. She stands where different paths meet.

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  1. 8:1 This is the second part of Solomon's lesson. The woman who is called ‘Wisdom’ wants us to listen to her. We should not listen to the adulteress (chapter 7). If we follow her, we are on the road to death. Instead we should listen to Wisdom, so that we enjoy a good life.