{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T21:52:55.437Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":8,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":36},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"|To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"|I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"By me kings reign, and princes decree justice."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"By me princes rule; nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"|Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was brought forth;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"|Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 8 (WEB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 8](https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/8 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}