| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Doesn't Wisdom call out? Doesn't Understanding make her voice heard? | 1Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? |
| 2At the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads, she takes her stand. | 2At the top of the elevated places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she takes her stand; |
| 3Beside the gates at the entry to the city, at the main entrance, she cries out:" | 3beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out: |
| 4People, I call out to you; my cry is to mankind. | 4"To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind. |
| 5Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish. | 5You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment! |
| 6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right. | 6Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right. |
| 7For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips. | 7For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness. |
| 8All the words of my mouth are righteous; none of them are deceptive or perverse. | 8All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked. |
| 9All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge. | 9All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge. |
| 10Accept my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. | 10Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. |
| 11For wisdom is better than jewels, and nothing desirable can compare with it. | 11For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her. |
| 12I, Wisdom, share a home with shrewdness and have knowledge and discretion. | 12"I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. |
| 13To fear the LORD is to hate evil. I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech. | 13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances. |
| 14I possess good advice and competence; I have understanding and strength. | 14Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might. |
| 15It is by me that kings reign and rulers enact just law; | 15Kings reign by means of me, and potentates decree righteousness; |
| 16by me, princes lead, as do nobles and all righteous judges. | 16by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges. |
| 17I love those who love me, and those who search for me find me. | 17I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. |
| 18With me are riches and honor, lasting wealth and righteousness. | 18Riches and honor are with me, long-lasting wealth and righteousness. |
| 19My fruit is better than solid gold, and my harvest than pure silver. | 19My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver. |
| 20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, | 20I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice, |
| 21giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries." | 21that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, and that I may fill their treasuries. |
| 22The LORD made me at the beginning of His creation, before His works of long ago. | 22The LORD created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago. |
| 23I was formed before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began. | 23From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed. |
| 24I was born when there were no watery depths and no springs filled with water. | 24When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water; |
| 25I was delivered before the mountains and hills were established, | 25before the mountains were set in place--before the hills--I was born, |
| 26before He made the land, the fields, or the first soil on earth. | 26before he made the earth and its fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world. |
| 27I was there when He established the heavens, when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean, | 27When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep, |
| 28when He placed the skies above, when the fountains of the ocean gushed out, | 28when he established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong, |
| 29when He set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate His command, when He laid out the foundations of the earth. | 29when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, |
| 30I was a skilled craftsman beside Him. I was His delight every day, always rejoicing before Him. | 30then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times, |
| 31I was rejoicing in His inhabited world, delighting in the human race." | 31rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people. |
| 32And now, my sons, listen to me; those who keep my ways are happy. | 32"So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways. |
| 33Listen to instruction and be wise; don't ignore it. | 33Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it. |
| 34Anyone who listens to me is happy, watching at my doors every day, waiting by the posts of my doorway. | 34Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway. |
| 35For the one who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD, | 35For the one who finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD. |
| 36but the one who misses me harms himself; all who hate me love death." | 36But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death." |
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