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¹ Doeth not Wisedome crie? & Understanding put foorth her voice? ² Shee standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the pathes. ³ She cryeth at the gates, at the entrie of the citie, at the comming in at the doores. ⁴ Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sonnes of man. ⁵ O yee simple, vnderstand wisedome: and yee fooles, be yee of an vnderstanding heart. ⁶ Heare, for I will speake of excellent things: and the opening of my lippes shalbe right things. ⁷ For my mouth shall speake truth, and wickednesse is an abomination to my lippes. ⁸ All the words of my mouth are in righteousnes, there is nothing froward or peruerse in them. ⁹ They are all plaine to him that vnderstandeth: and right to them that find knowledge. ¹⁰ Receiue my instruction, and not siluer: and knowledge rather then choise gold. ¹¹ For wisedome is better then rubies: and all the things that may be desired, are not to be compared to it.

¹² I wisedome dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inuentions. ¹³ The feare of the Lord is to hate euill: pride and arrogancie, and the euill way, and the froward mouth doe I hate. ¹⁴ Counsell is mine, and sound wisedome: I am vnderstanding, I haue strength. ¹⁵ By me kings reigne, and princes decree iustice. ¹⁶ By me Princes rule, and Nobles, euen all the Iudges of the earth. ¹⁷ I loue them that loue me, and those that seeke me early, shall find me. ¹⁸ Riches and honour are with me, yea durable riches and righteousnesse. ¹⁹ My fruite is better then gold, yea then fine gold, and my reuenue then choise siluer. ²⁰ I leade in the way of righteousnesse, in the midst of the pathes of iudgment. ²¹ That I may cause those that loue me, to inherite substance: and I will fill their treasures.

²² The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. ²³ I was set vp from euerlasting, from the beginning, or euer the earth was. ²⁴ When there were no depthes, I was brought forth: when there were no fountaines abounding with water. ²⁵ Before the mountaines were setled: before the hilles, was I brought foorth: ²⁶ While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. ²⁷ When hee prepared the heauens, I was there: when he set a compasse vpon the face of the depth. ²⁸ When he established the cloudes aboue: when he strengthned the fountaines of the deepe. ²⁹ When he gaue to the sea his decree, that the waters should not passe his commandement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: ³⁰ Then I was by him, as one brought vp with him: and I was daily his delight, reioycing alwayes before him: ³¹ Reioycing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sonnes of men.

³² Nowe therefore hearken vnto me, O yee children: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes. ³³ Heare instruction, and bee wise, and refuse it not. ³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me: watching daily at my gates, waiting at the postes of my doores. ³⁵ For whoso findeth mee, findeth life, and shall obtaine fauour of the Lord. ³⁶ But hee that sinneth against me, wrongeth his owne soule; all they that hate me, loue death.