<vn='1'>Doth <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s><sn="7121">cry</s>? and <sn="8394">understanding</s> put <sn="5414">forth</s> her <sn="6963">voice</s>? </v>
<vn='2'>She <sn="5324">standeth</s> in the <sn="7218">top</s> of high <sn="4791">places</s>, <sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> in the <sn="1004">places</s> of the <sn="5410">paths</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>She <sn="7442">crieth</s><sn="3027">at</s> the <sn="8179">gates</s>, at the <sn="6310">entry</s> of the <sn="7176">city</s>, at the <sn="3996">coming</s> in at the <sn="6607">doors</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="413">Unto</s> you, O <sn="376">men</s>, I <sn="7121">call</s>; and my <sn="6963">voice</s> is <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="120">man</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>O ye <sn="6612">simple</s>, <sn="995">understand</s><sn="6195">wisdom</s>: and, ye <sn="3684">fools</s>, be ye of an <sn="995">understanding</s><sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="8085">Hear</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> I will <sn="1696">speak</s> of excellent <sn="5057">things</s>; and the <sn="4669">opening</s> of my <sn="8193">lips</s> shall be right <sn="4339">things</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588">For</s> my <sn="2441">mouth</s> shall <sn="1897">speak</s><sn="571">truth</s>; and <sn="7562">wickedness</s> is an <sn="8441">abomination</s> to my <sn="8193">lips</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3605">All</s> the <sn="561">words</s> of my <sn="6310">mouth</s> are in <sn="6664">righteousness</s>; there is <sn="369">nothing</s><sn="6617">froward</s> or <sn="6141">perverse</s> in them. </v>
<vn='9'>They are <sn="3605">all</s><sn="5228">plain</s> to him that <sn="995">understandeth</s>, and <sn="3477">right</s> to them that <sn="4672">find</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3947">Receive</s> my <sn="4148">instruction</s>, and <sn="408">not</s><sn="3701">silver</s>; and <sn="1847">knowledge</s> rather than choice <sn="4480 977 2742">gold</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s> is <sn="2896">better</s> than <sn="4480 6443">rubies</s>; and <sn="3605">all</s> the things that may be <sn="2656">desired</s> are <sn="3808">not</s> to be <sn="7737">compared</s> to it. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="589">I</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s><sn="7931">dwell</s> with <sn="6195">prudence</s>, and find <sn="4672">out</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s> of witty <sn="4209">inventions</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>The <sn="3374">fear</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is to <sn="8130">hate</s><sn="7451">evil</s>: <sn="1344">pride</s>, and <sn="1347">arrogance</s>, and the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="1870">way</s>, and the <sn="8419">froward</s><sn="6310">mouth</s>, do I <sn="8130">hate</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="6098">Counsel</s> is mine, and sound <sn="8454">wisdom</s>: <sn="589">I</s> am <sn="998">understanding</s>; I have <sn="1369">strength</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>By me <sn="4428">kings</s><sn="4427">reign</s>, and <sn="7336">princes</s><sn="2710">decree</s><sn="6664">justice</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>By me <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="8323">rule</s>, and <sn="5081">nobles</s>, even <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8199">judges</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="589">I</s><sn="157">love</s> them that <sn="157">love</s> me; and those that seek me <sn="7836">early</s> shall <sn="4672">find</s> me. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="6239">Riches</s> and <sn="3519">honor</s> are <sn="854">with</s> me; yea, <sn="6276">durable</s><sn="1952">riches</s> and <sn="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>My <sn="6529">fruit</s> is <sn="2896">better</s> than <sn="4480 2742">gold</s>, yea, than fine <sn="4480 6337">gold</s>; and my <sn="8393">revenue</s> than <sn="977">choice</s><sn="4480 3701">silver</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>I <sn="1980">lead</s> in the <sn="734">way</s> of <sn="6666">righteousness</s>, in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="5410">paths</s> of <sn="4941">judgment</s>: </v>
<vn='21'>That I may cause those that <sn="157">love</s> me to <sn="5157">inherit</s><sn="3426">substance</s>; and I will <sn="4390">fill</s> their <sn="214">treasures</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7069">possessed</s> me in the <sn="7225">beginning</s> of his <sn="1870">way</s>, <sn="6924">before</s> his <sn="4659">works</s> of <sn="4480 227">old</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>I was set <sn="5258">up</s> from <sn="4480 5769">everlasting</s>, from the <sn="4480 7218">beginning</s>, or <sn="4480 6924">ever</s> the <sn="776">earth</s> was. </v>
<vn='24'>When there were <sn="369">no</s><sn="8415">depths</s>, I was brought <sn="2342">forth</s>; when there were <sn="369">no</s><sn="4599">fountains</s><sn="3513">abounding</s> with <sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="2962">Before</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s> were <sn="2883">settled</s>, <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="1389">hills</s> was I brought <sn="2343">forth</s>: </v>
<vn='26'>While as <sn="5704">yet</s> he had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">made</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>, nor the <sn="2351">fields</s>, nor the highest <sn="7218">part</s> of the <sn="6083">dust</s> of the <sn="8398">world</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>When he <sn="3559">prepared</s> the <sn="8064">heavens</s>, <sn="589">I</s> was <sn="8033">there</s>: when he <sn="2710">set</s> a <sn="2329">compass</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="6440">face</s> of the <sn="8415">depth</s>: </v>
<vn='28'>When he <sn="553">established</s> the <sn="7834">clouds</s><sn="4480 4605">above</s>: when he <sn="5810">strengthened</s> the <sn="5869">fountains</s> of the <sn="8415">deep</s>: </v>
<vn='29'>When he <sn="7760">gave</s> to the <sn="3220">sea</s> his <sn="2706">decree</s>, that the <sn="4325">waters</s> should <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5674">pass</s> his <sn="6310">commandment</s>: when he <sn="2710">appointed</s> the <sn="4146">foundations</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>: </v>
<vn='30'>Then I <sn="1961">was</s><sn="681">by</s> him, as one brought <sn="525">up</s> with him: and I <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3117 3117">daily</s> his <sn="8191">delight</s>, <sn="7832">rejoicing</s><sn="3605 6256">always</s><sn="6440">before</s> him; </v>
<vn='31'><sn="7832">Rejoicing</s> in the habitable <sn="8398">part</s> of his <sn="776">earth</s>; and my <sn="8191">delights</s> were <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="120">men</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="8085">hearken</s> unto me, O ye <sn="1121">children</s>: for <sn="835">blessed</s> are they that <sn="8104">keep</s> my <sn="1870">ways</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="8085">Hear</s><sn="4148">instruction</s>, and be <sn="2449">wise</s>, and <sn="6544">refuse</s> it <sn="408">not</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="835">Blessed</s> is the <sn="120">man</s> that <sn="8085">heareth</s> me, <sn="8245">watching</s><sn="3117 3117">daily</s><sn="5921">at</s> my <sn="1817">gates</s>, <sn="8104">waiting</s> at the <sn="4201">posts</s> of my <sn="6607">doors</s>. </v>
<vn='35'><sn="3588">For</s> whoso <sn="4672">findeth</s> me <sn="4672">findeth</s><sn="2416">life</s>, and shall <sn="6329">obtain</s><sn="7522">favor</s> of the <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>But he that sinneth <sn="2398">against</s> me <sn="2554">wrongeth</s> his own <sn="5315">soul</s>: <sn="3605">all</s> they that <sn="8130">hate</s> me <sn="157">love</s><sn="4194">death</s>. </v>