The Excellence and Value of Wisdom

Proverbs 8:5-11

O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.

Giue eare, for I will speake of excellent things, and the opening of my lippes, shall teache things that be right.

For my mouth shall speake the trueth, and my lippes abhorre wickednesse.

All the wordes of my mouth are righteous: there is no lewdenes, nor frowardnesse in them.

They are all plaine to him that will vnderstande, and streight to them that woulde finde knowledge.

Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.

For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.