Proverbs 8:1-11

Lord help us to understand the riches of Your glory and the wisdom in Your ways! Everything hidden will be revealed in the light of God’s truth.  Jesus is the truth made known to man. Everything we do to another will return to us tenfold....good or bad.

Wisdom wants to reach everyone and therefore broadcasts her message publicly, unlike the immoral woman, who uses privacy and deception to achieve her goals. Wisdom’s words can be trusted, and her offers of grace are beneficial.  What wisdom offers is of inestimable worth, far more valuable than silver and gold; no gems or other desirable things may be compared with it.

Proverbs 8:1-11

8 Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice? 

² She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, 

Beside the way, where the paths meet. 

³ She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, 

At the entrance of the doors: 

⁴ “To you, O men, I call, 

And my voice is to the sons of men. 

⁵ O you simple ones, understand prudence, 

And you fools, be of an understanding heart. 

⁶ Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, 

And from the opening of my lips will come right things; 

⁷ For my mouth will speak truth; 

Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 

⁸ All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; 

Nothing crooked or perverse is in them. 

⁹ They are all plain to him who understands, 

And right to those who find knowledge. 

¹⁰ Receive my instruction, and not silver, 

And knowledge rather than choice gold; 

¹¹ For wisdom is better than rubies, 

And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.