1 Does not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2 She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3 She cries at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding
with water.
25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
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 he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment:
when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Proverbs 8:
Job 28:12-28
“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
[SUP]13 [/SUP]“Man does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]“The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
[SUP]15 [/SUP]“Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
Nor can silver be weighed as its price.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]“It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
In precious onyx, or sapphire.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]“Gold or glass cannot equal it,
Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]“Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned;
And the acquisition of wisdom is above
that of pearls.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]“The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
Nor can it be valued in pure gold.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]“Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is the place of understanding?
[SUP]21 [/SUP]“Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all living
And concealed from the birds of the sky.
[SUP]22 [/SUP]“Abaddon and Death say,
‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’ [SUP]23 [/SUP]“God understands its way,
And He knows its place.
[SUP]24 [/SUP]“For He looks to the ends of the earth
And sees everything under the heavens.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]“When He imparted weight to the wind
And meted out the waters by measure,
[SUP]26 [/SUP]When He set a limit for the rain
And a course for the thunderbolt,
[SUP]27 [/SUP]Then He saw it and declared it;
He established it and also searched it out.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.
