Proverbs 8

Proverbs 8:2

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

Thus doth the harlot, by her secret whisperings, allure men to their destruction; but the pure, holy, heavenly wisdom of the glorious and ever-living God, doth openly invite all men to her gracious counsel, to her most chaste and happy embraccements She therefore standeth forth in the most frequent and con

Proverbs 8:10

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Make no comparison of my instruction with silver and gold: alas, these are base and corruptible metals, not worthy to come into mention with those heavenly treasures, which are contained in and conveyed by my divine counsels.

Proverbs 8:12

I wisdom dwell with prudence.

True judgment and skill how to manage all affairs, doth proceed from me, and is inseparable from me; so as men have reason, for their own good, to listen unto me.

Proverbs 8:17

I love them that love me.

Those, that affect me, shall be sure not to lose their love and recompence; for, as I have embraced them with an everlasting love, so will I make it known to them, by my manifold blessings and mercies concerning this life and the future.

Proverbs 8:22

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

I, the Uncreated Wisdom of God, was with the Father, from all eternity; neither was there any time, wherein I was not: I was with him, and in him, before any of the works of his creation had any being.

Proverbs 8:30

Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him.

Then was I present by him, as one that was coeternal with him; and in whom we did mutually and infinitely solace each other, from everlasting.