[Sidenote:  Pr. 8:1-6]
Does not Wisdom call? 
And Understanding raise her voice? 
On the top of high places by the way,
In the midst of the street she stands,
Beside the gateways in front of the city,
At the entrance of the gates she cries aloud: 
To you, O men, I call,
And my appeal is to the sons of men. 
O inexperienced, acquire discretion,
And ye stupid, gain understanding. 
Hear, for I speak true things,
And the utterance of my lips is right.

[Sidenote:  Pr. 8:13]
Pride and arrogance and evil conduct
And false speech do I hate.

[Sidenote:  Pr. 8:14-16]
With me is counsel and practical knowledge;
With me understanding and might. 
By me kings do reign,
And rulers decree justice. 
By me princes rule,
And nobles judge the land.

[Sidenote:  Pr. 8:17]
I love those who love me,
Those who seek me diligently shall find me.

[Sidenote:  Pr. 8:18-21]
Riches and honor are with me,
Lordly wealth and prosperity. 
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold,
And my increase than choice silver. 
I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
That I may endow those who love me with wealth,
And that I may fill their treasuries.

[Sidenote:  Pr. 8:22-26]
Jehovah formed me as the beginning of his creation,
The first of his works of old,
In the primeval past was I formed,
In the beginning, before the earth was,
When there were no depths, I was brought forth,
When there were no fountains full of water. 
Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills were brought forth,
When he had not as yet made the earth,
Nor the first of the dust of the world.

[Sidenote:  Pr. 8:27, 29, 30]
When he established the heavens, I was there,
When he marked off the vault on the face of the deep,
Made fast the fountains of the deep,
When he set to the sea its bound,
When he marked out the foundations of the earth,
Then I was at his side as a foster-child;
And I was daily full of delight,
Sporting in his presence continually,
Sporting in his habitable earth.

[Sidenote:  Pr. 8:31-35]
And my delight is with the sons of men;
Now therefore, my sons, hearken to me,
Hear instruction that you may be wise,
And reject it not. 
Happy is the man who hearkens to me,
Happy are they who walk in my ways,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors. 
For he who finds me finds life,
And obtains favor from Jehovah.

[Sidenote:  Pr. 13:14-20, 24:5]
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life
That man may avoid the ways of death. 
Walk with the wise and you will become wise,
But he who associates with fools shall smart for it. 
A wise man is better than a strong man,
And a man who has knowledge than he who has strength.