Bible Reading Plan

¹ Doesn't Wisdom^(a) call out?
Doesn't Understanding make her voice heard?
² At the heights overlooking the road,
at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
³ Beside the gates^(b) at the entry to^[a] the city,
at the main entrance, she cries out:
⁴ "People, I call out to you;
my cry is to mankind.
⁵ Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;
develop common sense, you who are foolish.
⁶ Listen, for I speak of noble things,
and what my lips say is right.
⁷ For my mouth tells the truth,^(c)
and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
⁸ All the words of my mouth are righteous;
none of them are deceptive or perverse.^(d)
9 All of them are clear to the perceptive,^(e)
and right to those who discover knowledge.
¹⁰ Accept my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than pure gold.^(f)
11 For wisdom is better than jewels,^(g)
and nothing desirable can compare with it.^(h)
12 I, Wisdom, share a home with shrewdness
and have knowledge and discretion.^(i)
13 To fear the Lord is to hate evil.^(j)
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.
¹⁴ I possess good advice and competence;^[b]
I have understanding and strength.^(k)
15 It is by me that kings reign^(l)
and rulers enact just law;
¹⁶ by me, princes lead,
as do nobles and all righteous judges.^[c]
17 I love those who love me,^(m)
and those who search for me find me.^(n)
18 With me are riches and honor,^(o)
lasting wealth and righteousness.^(p)
19 My fruit is better than solid gold,
and my harvest than pure silver.^(q)
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,
along the paths of justice,
²¹ giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me,
and filling their treasuries.

²² "The Lord made^[d] me
at the beginning of His creation,^[e]
before His works of long ago.^(r)
23 I was formed before ancient times,
from the beginning, before the earth began.^(s)
24 I was born
when there were no watery depths^(t)
and no springs filled with water.
²⁵ I was delivered
before the mountains and hills were established,^(u)
26 before He made the land, the fields,
or the first soil on earth.
²⁷ I was there when He established the heavens,^(v)
when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,^(w)
28 when He placed the skies above,
when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,
²⁹ when He set a limit for the sea
so that the waters would not violate His command,^(x)
when He laid out the foundations of the earth.^(y)
30 I was a skilled craftsman^[f] beside Him.^(z)
I was His^[g] delight every day,
always rejoicing before Him.
³¹ I was rejoicing in His inhabited world,^(aa)
delighting in the human race.^(ab)

³² "And now, my sons, listen to me;
those who keep my ways are happy.^(ac)
33 Listen to instruction and be wise;^(ad)
don't ignore it.
³⁴ Anyone who listens to me is happy,^(ae)
watching at my doors every day,
waiting by the posts of my doorway.
³⁵ For the one who finds me finds life^(af)
and obtains favor from the Lord ,^(ag)
36 but the one who misses me^[h] harms himself;^(ah)
all who hate me love death."^(ai)