Proverbs 8:10-31

New International Version

¹² “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
    I possess knowledge and discretion.^(D)
13 To fear the Lord^(E) is to hate evil;^(F)
    I hate^(G) pride and arrogance,
    evil behavior and perverse speech.
¹⁴ Counsel and sound judgment are mine;
    I have insight, I have power.^(H)
15 By me kings reign
    and rulers^(I) issue decrees that are just;
¹⁶ by me princes govern,^(J)
    and nobles—all who rule on earth.^[a]
17 I love those who love me,^(K)
    and those who seek me find me.^(L)
18 With me are riches and honor,^(M)
    enduring wealth and prosperity.^(N)
19 My fruit is better than fine gold;^(O)
    what I yield surpasses choice silver.^(P)
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,^(Q)
    along the paths of justice,
²¹ bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me
    and making their treasuries full.^(R)

²² “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,^[b][c]
    before his deeds of old;
²³ I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
²⁴ When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,
    when there were no springs overflowing with water;^(S)
25 before the mountains were settled in place,^(T)
    before the hills, I was given birth,^(U)
26 before he made the world or its fields
    or any of the dust of the earth.^(V)
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,^(W)
    when he marked out the horizon^(X) on the face of the deep,
²⁸ when he established the clouds above^(Y)
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,^(Z)
29 when he gave the sea its boundary^(AA)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,^(AB)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.^(AC)
30     Then I was constantly^[d] at his side.^(AD)
I was filled with delight day after day,
    rejoicing always in his presence,
³¹ rejoicing in his whole world
    and delighting in mankind.^(AE)