Proverbs 8  Legacy Standard Bible

¹² “I, wisdom, ^(O)dwell with prudence,
And I find ^(P)knowledge and discretion.
¹³ The ^(Q)fear of Yahweh is to hate evil;
^(R)Pride and arrogance and ^(S)the evil way
And the mouth of ^[a](T)perverted words, I hate.
^14 (U)Counsel is mine and ^(V)sound wisdom;
I am understanding, ^(W)might is mine.
¹⁵ By me ^(X)kings reign,
And rulers mark out righteousness.
¹⁶ By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge rightly.
¹⁷ I ^(Y)love those who love me;
And ^(Z)those who earnestly seek me will find me.
^18 (AA)Riches and glory are with me,
Enduring ^(AB)wealth and righteousness.
¹⁹ My fruit is ^(AC)better than fine gold, even pure gold,
And my produce better than ^(AD)choice silver.
²⁰ I walk in the path of righteousness,
In the midst of the pathways of justice,
²¹ To give those who love me an inheritance of wealth,
That I may ^(AE)fill their treasuries.

²² “Yahweh possessed me ^(AF)at the beginning of His way,
Before His deeds ^[b]of old.
²³ From everlasting I was ^[c](AG)installed,
From the beginning, ^(AH)from the earliest times of the earth.
²⁴ When there were no ^(AI)depths I was ^[d]brought forth,
When there were no springs heavy with water.
^25 (AJ)Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was ^[e]brought forth;
²⁶ While He had not yet made the earth and the fields outside,
Nor the first dust of the world.
²⁷ When He ^(AK)established the heavens, I was there,
When ^(AL)He marked out a circle on the face of the deep,
²⁸ When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became strong,
²⁹ When ^(AM)He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not pass over His ^[f]command,
When He marked out ^(AN)the foundations of the earth;
³⁰ Then ^(AO)I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was a daily delight,
^[g]Rejoicing always before Him,
^31 [h]Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
^(AP)My delight is in the sons of men.

³² “So now, O sons, ^(AQ)listen to me,
For ^(AR)blessed are they who keep my ways.
^33 (AS)Hear discipline and be wise,
And do not neglect it.
^34 (AT)How blessed is the man who hears me,
To watch daily at my doors,
To keep watch at my doorposts.
³⁵ For ^(AU)he who finds me finds life
And ^(AV)obtains favor from Yahweh.
³⁶ But he who ^[i]sins against me ^(AW)does violence to his own soul;
All those who ^(AX)hate me ^(AY)love death.”