Wisdom!

Proverbs 8

Wisdom’s Call

1. Does not wisdom call out?Does not understanding raise her voice?
2. At the highest point along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3. beside the gate leading into the city,at the entrance, she cries aloud:
4. “To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.
5. You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.
6. Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.
7. My mouth speaks what is true,  for my lips detest wickedness. 
8. All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse. 
9. To the discerning all of them are right;they are upright to those who have found knowledge.
10. Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,
11. for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. 
12. “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;  I possess knowledge and discretion.
13. To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
14. Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight, I have power.
15. By me kings reign and rulers issue decrees that are just; 
16. by me princes govern, and nobles—all who rule on earth.
17. I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
18. With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.
19. My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.
20. I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
21. bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
22. “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works, 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;
25. before the mountains were settled in place,  before the hills, I was given birth,
26. before he made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth.
27. I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28. when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29. when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
30. Then I was constantly at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,
31. rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.
32. “Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
33. Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it.
34. Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.
35. For those who find me find life  and receive favor from the Lord.
36. But those who fail to find me harm themselves; all who hate me love death.”

Further Benefits of Wisdom

Proverbs 3:

Benefits of Wisdom

1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 
2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. 
3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 
4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. 
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 
6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your pathsstraight. 
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. 
8 This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. 
9 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; 
10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. 
11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline and do not resent his rebuke, 
12 because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in. 
13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, 
14 for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. 
15 She is more precious than rubies;nothing you desire can compare with her. 
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. 
17 Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. 
18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed. 
19 By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; 
20 by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew. 
21 My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight;
22 they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck. 
23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble; 
24 when you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. 
25 Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, 
26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared. 
27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. 
28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow"-- when you now have it with you. 
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you. 
30 Do not accuse a man for no reason-- when he has done you no harm. 
31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways, 
32 for the LORD detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence. 
33 The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. 
34 He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. 
35 The wise inherit honor, but fools he holds up to shame.

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Proverbs 2

New Living Translation 

The Benefits of Wisdom

1. My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands.
2. Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding.
3. Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.
4. Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures.
5. Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord,and you will gain knowledge of God.
6. For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7. He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.
8. He guards the paths of the just and protects those who are faithful to him.
9. Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair,and you will find the right way to go.
10. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy. 
11. Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe.
12. Wisdom will save you from evil people, from those whose words are twisted.
13. These men turn from the right way to walk down dark paths.
14. They take pleasure in doing wrong, and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
15. Their actions are crooked,and their ways are wrong.
16. Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman, from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman. 
17. She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God.
18. Entering her house leads to death; it is the road to the grave.
19. The man who visits her is doomed. He will never reach the paths of life.
20. Follow the steps of good men instead, and stay on the paths of the righteous.
21. For only the godly will live in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it.
22. But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted.

Pull your Strength from the Bible

Proverbs 1

King James Version 

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

A verse that keeps me going

Tefania 3:17
Domnul, Dumnezeul tău, este în mijlocul tău, ca un viteaz care poate ajuta; Se va bucura de tine cu mare bucurie, va tăcea în dragostea Lui şi nu va mai putea de veselie pentru tine.

Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you in his love he will no longer rebuke you,but will rejoice over you with singing.

If we find our happiness in God, God will rejoice in us!
Never Forget.