Proverbs 8

Bishops^{(i) 1} Doth not wysdome crye? doth not vnderstanding put foorth her voyce ² She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the place of the pathes ³ She cryeth at the gates of the citie, at the entrye of the doores ⁴ It is you O ye men [saith she] whom I call, vnto the chyldren of men do I lyft vp my voyce ⁵ Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles ⁶ Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right ⁷ For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse ⁸ All the wordes of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowardnes nor falsehood in them ⁹ They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande, and right to them that finde knowledge ¹⁰ Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde ¹¹ For wysdome is more worth then pretious stones, yea all thinges that thou canst desire, may not be compared vnto it ¹² I wysdome dwell with counsell, and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding ¹³ The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes, pryde, disdayne, and the euil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre ¹⁴ Counsell is mine, and direction, I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength ¹⁵ Through me kinges raigne, and princes make iust lawes ¹⁶ By me princes beare rule, and noble men do iudge the earth ¹⁷ I am louing vnto those that loue me: and they that seeke me early, shall finde me ¹⁸ Riches and honour are with me, yea durable riches and righteousnes ¹⁹ My fruite is better then golde and pretious stones, and mine encrease more worth then fine siluer ²⁰ I wyll guyde thee in the way of righteousnes, and in the midst of the pathes of iudgement ²¹ That I maye stablishe the inhetaunce of them that loue me, and encrease their treasure ²² The Lorde him selfe had me in possession in the beginning of his wayes, or euer he began his workes aforetime ²³ I haue ben ordayned from euerlasting, and from the beginning or euer the earth was made ²⁴ When I was borne there were neither depthes nor springes of water ²⁵ Before the foundations of the mountaines were layde: yea before all hilles, was I borne ²⁶ The earth, and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made, no not the dust it selfe ²⁷ For when he made the heauens, I was present, when he compassed the deapthes about ²⁸ When he hanged the cloudes aboue, when he fastened the springes of the deepe ²⁹ When he shut the sea within certaine boundes, that the waters should not go ouer their markes that he commaunded: when he layde the foundations of the earth ³⁰ I was with him ordring all thinges, deliting dayly and reioysyng alway before hym ³¹ As for the rounde compasse of this worlde I make it ioyfull: for my delite is to be among the chyldren of men ³² Therefore hearken vnto me: O ye chyldren, blessed are they that kepe my wayes ³³ O geue eare vnto nurture, be wyse, and refuse it not ³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching dayly at my gates, and geuing attendaunce at the postes of my doores ³⁵ For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtaine fauour of the Lorde ³⁶ But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and they that hate me, are the louers of death