Proverb:7:23: Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Proverb:7:24: Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverb:7:25: Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Proverb:7:26: For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Proverb:7:27: Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Chapter 8
Proverb:8:1: Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
Proverb:8:2: She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
Proverb:8:3: She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Proverb:8:4: Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Proverb:8:5: O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverb:8:6: Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Proverb:8:7: For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Proverb:8:8: All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Proverb:8:9: They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Proverb:8:10: Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Proverb:8:11: For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Proverb:8:12: I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
Proverb:8:13: The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Proverb:8:14: Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Proverb:8:15: By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Proverb:8:16: By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
Proverb:8:17: I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Proverb:8:18: Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Proverb:8:19: My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Proverb:8:20: I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Proverb:8:21: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
Proverb:8:22: The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Proverb:8:23: I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Proverb:8:24: When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Proverb:8:25: Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
