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¹ Wisdom calls to you like someone shouting;
    understanding raises her voice.
² On the hilltops along the road
    and at the crossroads, she stands calling.
³ Beside the city gates,
    at the entrances into the city, she calls out:
⁴ "Listen, everyone, I'm calling out to you;
    I am shouting to all people.
⁵ You who are uneducated, seek wisdom.
    You who are foolish, get understanding.
⁶ Listen, because I have important things to say,
    and what I tell you is right.
⁷ What I say is true,
    I refuse to speak evil.
⁸ Everything I say is honest;
    nothing I say is crooked or false.
⁹ People with good sense know what I say is true;
    and those with knowledge know my words are right.
¹⁰ Choose my teachings instead of silver,
    and knowledge rather than the finest gold.
¹¹ Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
    Nothing you could want is equal to it.

¹² "I am wisdom, and I have good judgment.
    I also have knowledge and good sense.
¹³ If you respect the Lord, you will also hate evil.
    I hate pride and bragging,
    evil ways and lies.
¹⁴ I have good sense and advice,
    and I have understanding and power.
¹⁵ I help kings to govern
    and rulers to make fair laws.
¹⁶ Princes use me to lead,
    and so do all important people who judge fairly.
¹⁷ I love those who love me,
    and those who seek me find me.
¹⁸ Riches and honor are mine to give.
    So are wealth and lasting success.
¹⁹ What I give is better than the finest gold,
    better than the purest silver.
²⁰ I do what is right
    and follow the path of justice.
²¹ I give wealth to those who love me,
    filling their houses with treasures.

²² "I, wisdom, was with the Lord when he began his work,
    long before he made anything else.
²³ I was created in the very beginning,
    even before the world began.
²⁴ I was born before there were oceans,
    or springs overflowing with water,
²⁵ before the hills were there,
    before the mountains were put in place.
²⁶ God had not made the earth or fields,
    not even the first dust of the earth.
²⁷ I was there when God put the skies in place,
    when he stretched the horizon over the oceans,
²⁸ when he made the clouds above
    and put the deep underground springs in place.
²⁹ I was there when he ordered the sea
    not to go beyond the borders he had set.
I was there when he laid the earth's foundation.
³⁰ I was like a child by his side.
I was delighted every day,
    enjoying his presence all the time,
³¹ enjoying the whole world,
    and delighted with all its people.

³² "Now, my children, listen to me,
    because those who follow my ways are happy.
³³ Listen to my teaching, and you will be wise;
    do not ignore it.
³⁴ Happy are those who listen to me,
    watching at my door every day,
    waiting at my open doorway.
³⁵ Those who find me find life,
    and the Lord will be pleased with them.
³⁶ Those who do not find me hurt themselves.
    Those who hate me love death."