微读圣经

Wisdom’s Appeal

1Doesn’t wisdom8:1–3 Pr 1:20–21; 9:3,13–15 call out?

Doesn’t understanding make her voice heard?

2At the heights overlooking the road,

at the crossroads, she takes her stand.

3Beside the gates8:3 Jb 29:7 leading into the city,

at the main entrance, she cries out:

4“People, I call out to you;

my cry is to the children of Adam.

5Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;

develop common sense, you who are foolish.

6Listen, for I speak of noble things,

and what my lips say is right.

7For my mouth tells the truth,8:7 Ps 37:30

and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

8All the words from my mouth are righteous;

none of them are deceptive or perverse.8:8 Dt 32:5; Pr 2:15; Php 2:15

9All of them are clear to the perceptive,8:9 Pr 14:6

and right to those who discover knowledge.

10Accept my instruction instead of silver,

and knowledge rather than pure gold.8:10 Pr 3:14–15; 8:19; 16:16

11For wisdom is better than jewels,8:11 Jb 28:12–19

and nothing desirable can equal it.8:11 Pr 3:15; 20:15

12I, wisdom, share a home with shrewdness

and have knowledge and discretion.8:12 Pr 1:4

13To fear the Lord is to hate evil.8:13 Pr 16:6

I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,

and perverse speech.

14I possess good advice and sound wisdom;8:14 Or resourcefulness

I have understanding and strength.8:14 Ec 7:19

15It is by me that kings reign8:15 2Ch 1:10; Dn 2:21; Rm 13:1

and rulers enact just law;

16by me, princes lead,

as do nobles and all righteous judges.8:16 Some Hb mss, LXX read nobles who judge the earth

17I love those who love me,8:17 1Sm 2:30; Jn 14:21

and those who search for me find me.8:17 Pr 1:28; 2:4–5; Jms 1:5

18With me are riches and honor,8:18 Pr 3:16

lasting wealth and righteousness.8:18 Ps 112:3; Mt 6:33

19My fruit is better than solid gold,

and my harvest than pure silver.8:19 Jb 28:15; Pr 3:14; 8:10; 16:16

20I walk in the ways of righteousness,

along the paths of justice,

21giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me,

and filling their treasuries.

22“The Lord acquired8:22 Or possessed, or made me

at the beginning of his creation,8:22 Lit way

before his works of long ago.8:22 Gn 1:1; Jb 28:26–28; Ps 104:24

23I was formed8:23 Or consecrated before ancient times,

from the beginning, before the earth began.8:23 Jn 1:1–3; 17:5

24I was born

when there were no watery depths8:24 Gn 1:2; Pr 3:20

and no springs filled with water.

25Before the mountains were established,

prior to the hills,8:25 Ps 90:2 I was given birth —

26before he made the land, the fields,

or the first soil on earth.

27I was there when he established the heavens,8:27 Pr 3:19

when he laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,8:27 Jb 26:10

28when he placed the skies above,

when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,

29when he set a limit for the sea

so that the waters would not violate his command,8:29 Jb 38:8–11; Ps 104:9

when he laid out the foundations of the earth.8:29 Jb 38:4–5; Ps 104:5

30I was a skilled craftsman8:30 Or a confidant, or a child, or was constantly beside him.8:30 Jb 28:20–27; 38–39; Pr 3:19–20; Jr 10:12; 51:15; Zch 13:7; Jn 1:2–3

I was his8:30 LXX; MT omits his delight every day,

always rejoicing before him.

31I was rejoicing in his inhabited world,8:31 Jb 38:4–7

delighting in the children of Adam.8:31 Heb 2:6–8

32“And now, sons, listen to me;

those who keep my ways are happy.8:32 Ps 119:1–2; 128:1; Lk 11:28

33Listen to instruction and be wise;8:33 Pr 4:1

don’t ignore it.

34Anyone who listens to me is happy,8:34 Pr 3:13

watching at my doors every day,

waiting by the posts of my doorway.

35For the one who finds me finds life8:35 Pr 4:4,22; 7:2; 9:11; 12:28; Jn 17:3

and obtains favor from the Lord,8:35 Pr 3:4; 12:2; 13:13; 18:22

36but the one who misses me8:36 Or who sins against me harms himself;8:36 Pr 15:32

all who hate me love death.”8:36 Pr 11:19; 21:6

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